Luka Modric is expected to backtrack on comments made over the weekend about wanting to leave Tottenham for Chelsea.
The Independent says he is set to release a statement this week in which he will attempt to rebuild the damage done to his relationship with both his club, Tottenham Hotspur, and their chairman, Daniel Levy.
After an eventful five days in Modric's career, culminating in an interview published on Saturday in which he said that his ambition lay away from Spurs - and potentially at Chelsea - the player is said to be keen to take the sting out of the situation.
Modric is expected to clarify in his statement that he does not have his heart set on a move to Chelsea - just that if Spurs agreed a deal with the club he would be prepared to go. Sources at Tottenham have said that regardless of what Modric said over the weekend, he is not in the frame of mind to go to war with the club to force a move.
