Luka Modric has detailed how he was whisked out to sea off the south coast of France during his time at Tottenham for a secret rendezvous aboard Roman Abramovich's yacht.
The Chelsea owner was keen on signing Modric from their London rivals and went to extreme measures to keep their covert meeting under wraps.
Modric had been a star in Tottenham's first-team for the past three seasons when Chelsea registered fresh interest with the player's agents.
At the end of the 2010/11 campaign, Modric then flew out to Cannes to discuss the prospect of a switch to Stamford Bridge, and detailed the experience in his autobiography, extracted by .
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