Chelsea boss Andre Villas-Boas has blanked questions about Tottenham star Luka Modric.
Villas-Boas would not shed any light on the Modric situation after overseeing a 1-0 pre-season friendly defeat of Portsmouth on Saturday, but admitted the club need a creative midfielder.
"I would prefer not to comment," he said when asked about links with Modric and West Ham midfielder Scott Parker.
"You know what the situation is, it is public. You can understand the position that the club has taken.
"At the moment we are scanning the market for everything and not just those two players.
"[Modric plays in] one of the positions we are looking to strengthen.
"But here you saw we adapted Yossi (Benayoun)'s position in the middle and also against Wycombe he was marvellous in the position.
"It is just a question of finding the solution. If it happens it happens, if it doesn't happen it doesn't happen."
When asked whether a deal for Modric was just a matter of time, he retorted: "No, it does not depend on us. Spurs have a right to defend their player and property. We just have to wait.
"We respect whatever position Tottenham takes and the prices we are talking about is an incredible amount of money."
