Chelsea convinced Spurs will crack over Modric

Chelsea will step up their efforts to land Luka Modric this week by tabling a £30million bid for the Croatian.
The Stamford Bridge outfit have seen an initial £22m offer and a subsequent £27m bid rejected out of hand by Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy.
But the Blues believe Spurs' stance is weakening by the day and that it is only a matter of time before Levy blinks and concedes he cannot keep Modric against his will.
Chelsea are therefore set to make their third bid as a further sign of their desire to capture the 25-year-old.

New Chelsea boss Andre Villas-Boas has made Modric his priority signing, with the two initial approaches seen as preparatory steps in what the club have always believed would be a drawn-out process.
Feeling that Spurs' resolve is ebbing away, Stamford Bridge chiefs feel that it is now time to begin forcing the pace, in the hope a deal can be completed before the new season starts next weekend.
The Blues are ready to more than treble Modric's wages to around £150,000 per week - a figure Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp knows he is powerless to match.
Chelsea have latched onto the suggestions by Redknapp's assistant Kevin Bond - which he subsequently withdrew - "that everyone has a price", viewing that statement as the start of Spurs back-tracking from their previous position and that the North Londoners have put a private valuation of no more than £35m on Modric.
However, Spurs are adamant that Levy's position has not shifted in any way from the intransigent stance he took when the little Croatian flew back to the UK for a meeting with him at White Hart Lane last month.
Suggestions that, just as was the case when Levy insisted he would not sell Michael Carrick, Dimitar Berbatov and Robbie Keane, the N17 chief is simply seeking the highest price are emphatically denied by senior club figures.
Tottenham point out that Carrick had signaled he would not sign a new contract and that Berbatov would have been able to leave for only a nominal fee - adding up to the £4m he was due in wages over the remainder of his contract - under the Webster Rule when he completed his £31m move to Manchester United.
Modric still has five years left on a six-season deal he signed last summer, meaning there is no financial imperative on Tottenham to let him leave -although Redknapp has been told his summer spending will be dependent on the amount he raises through sales.
Levy is understood to be convinced Modric - who has still not put in an official transfer request - will simply buckle down and accept the reality of the situation if the transfer window closes with him still being on Tottenham's books.
One player set to arrive at Chelsea within days is Barcelona teenager Oriol Romeu, as agreement has been reached on a £5m deal.
Villas-Boas expects Romeu to go straight into his first-team squad and live up to predictions that he can be the "new Sergio Busquets" - able to fill a variety of roles in the team.
The final details of the transfer are being negotiated, with Chelsea reluctant to agree to Barca's wish for a buy-back clause at the end of Romeu's first two years in London.
But the midfielder said: "Barcelona and Chelsea have already reached an agreement, and my agent was in London to listen to their offer.
"Chelsea is a great option for me. If everything goes well, why not? Leaving Barca hurts, but you have to take your chances."