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Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp claims no amount of money could tempt him to part with Luka Modric.

Modric, 25, has been key to Spurs’ recent success and has subsequently been linked with many of the top teams in Europe. Juventus and Inter are among the clubs said to have expressed an interest of late, and the player’s agent, Mario Mamic, was forced to dismiss speculation in Italy on Thursday.

“These are just rumours,” Mamic told Calcio Mercato. “Luka has a contract until 2016 and Tottenham have no plans to sell him. He has an excellent relationship with the coach, Redknapp, and only signed a contract extension with Spurs last summer.”

Redknapp, asked about the midfielder in an interview with Croatian newspaper Sportske Novosti, reiterated that Spurs would not entertain any offers.

“I wouldn’t want to sell him for £100 million,” Redknapp said. “Not even for a billion. He’s the hub of the team.”

It appears the future is less certain for the rest of Tottenham’s Croatian contingent.

Niko Kranjcar has expressed a desire for first-team football and, while he rejected a move to Werder Bremen in January and then scored match-winners in successive games against Bolton and Sunderland in February, he has not started a game since.

“Niko’s a great player and a great guy, very polite, but the guy just has no luck,” Redknapp said. “I don’t want him to leave the club – he was fantastic last season – but we’ve got Gareth Bale out on the left of midfield.

“Believe me, he’ll be back in the team. I don’t know when, but he will be back.”

Asked about suggestions Vedran Corluka could leave White Hart Lane, Redknapp said: “I would be sorry to lose him.

“He’s a really upbeat guy, always does what I ask him, but unfortunately he suffered the injury in that stupid challenge from Flamini [at AC Milan] and it ended that great run of form he was in.”

Goalkeeper Stipe Pletikosa added to the club’s Croatian contingent when he joined on loan from Spartak Moscow, but he has made just one appearance for Tottenham.

Redknapp said: “Pletikosa has been really good in training, but what I would say is, ‘What would you do in my position if you had Heurelho Gomes? Gomes is in great shape, and you can’t play everyone.”

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Arsenal legend Bob Wilson has revealed Arsene Wenger made “a big bid” for Liverpool goalkeeper Pepe Reina last summer.

Reports emerged in the press last summer that Arsenal had made a substantial bid for Reina, with The Sun claiming it was worth £23 million and the Daily Mail putting it at £25 million.

Wilson has now confirmed that Wenger – who has faced criticism for his failure to sign a top-class goalkeeper – did make an offer for the Spain international.

“Arsene tried like mad to buy not only a goalkeeper but what he considered to be the most consistent in the country, so he made a big bid for Pepe Reina,” Wilson told talkSPORT.

“That didn’t come out because that’s not Arsene Wenger’s way of doing it and it’s not Arsenal’s way of doing it, but he did attempt to do that.”

While an injury crisis has forced Wenger to re-sign Jens Lehmann on a rolling contract, the emergence of Wojciech Szczesny has at least provided hope that Arsenal now have a goalkeeper capable of establishing himself long-term.

Wilson believes that Wenger would have had to have allowed Szczesny to leave the club had Reina joined.

“I think he would have lost, without any doubt, the young kid Szczesny, who I believe is going to be the future,” Wilson added. “It’s most unfortunate he has had this injury and in the game that he had it, but I happen to think Szczesny is going to be a great goalkeeper. The boy is ready now – you ask Arsenal fans.”

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Luis Suarez has handed Liverpool a lift by revealing his injury is not as serious as had been feared.

The Uruguayan produced a starring display in Liverpool’s 2-0 win over Sunderland last weekend, scoring a brilliant solo goal to seal victory. He was substituted after scoring his goal and left the field seemingly nursing a groin problem.

Suarez pulled out of Uruguay’s friendlies with Estonia and Republic of Ireland, opting to remain on Merseyside for treatment.

“In Liverpool working hard to be ready for next match,” Suarez wrote on Twitter. “I’ve been lucky, the injury isn’t that bad and it should be fine.

“I also want to tell you I’m a bit sad for not playing the match with Uruguay.”

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