If you want to exclude those clubs that's fine but in a world where Andy Carroll moves for £35m etc. The market dictates his price and he is worth at least £35m.
I'm sure they'll reach a conclusion one way or the other but £30m isn't it.
You use arguably the most ludicrous transfer in EPL history (alongside Sheva) as a benchmark?
Listen, I get it, Levy is 'tough' and a real big man at the negotiating table (possibly compensating for his appearance/size outside of said table). Lord knows he ripped us off over Berbatov. And that's awesome from Spurs point of view.
But the way the Modric thing has been handled (last summer included) says to me that Modric had certain expectations when he signed the new contract, and that Spurs have backed down from their promises. I know you could say that he therefore shouldn't have signed, but come on, that's not how this tends to work.
Modric isn't NEEDED by Madrid. Therefore if I were Mou and co I'd stick to my guns. Unless PSG decide to buy him (they don't need him either) who else is going to get near £30m?
There are only a few teams in the world who would spend anything close to that, and I don't think a single one of them, except maybe United, have a pressing need for Modric (Juve, Milan, Bayern, Real, Barca, City, Chelsea, PSG).
It's supply and demand, but the market is for a specific player. As far as I can tell, there is no demand for MODRIC at > £30m. If Levy sticks to that, I think Modric will stay, unhappy, again. And as he is one of my favourite footballers, that saddens me.