Luka liking life at the Lane
Tottenham playmaker Luka Modric has rebuffed speculation that he could leave White Hart Lane for Barcelona.
The Croatia international has been linked with a move to Camp Nou with the Catalan giants reportedly willing to pay upwards of £30million to secure his signature.
Modric is happy at Spurs and committed his future to the club as recently as May by putting pen-to-paper on a new six-year contract.
The 25-year-old is flattered to be linked with a move to Pep Guardiola's side, although he is happy and settled in England's capital and enjoying being a Tottenham player.
Modric insists the only way you will get him flying to Barcelona is if Harry Redknapp's side draw the Primera Liga giants in the knock-out phase of the Champions League.
"Me going to Barcelona? Yes, I really hope that, but only as a Tottenham player in the next round of the Champions League," he joked in an interview with SportskeNovosti.
"Let's be serious. All this is just so-called exclusive rumours, but I don't know who really needs them. Are they funny? Yes, they are very funny for me.
"But of course, it is always nice to see your name being linked with such a club as Barcelona, but one has to keep their feet on the ground.
"At the end of the day it's just rumours without any foundation. And I really don't want to talk about all this anymore. Since I moved here newspapers are always talking about me leaving for somewhere else.
"First it was Chelsea, then Inter Milan and also Manchester United, now it is Barcelona. But the only truth is that I just recently signed a new contract with Tottenham.
"London is such a great place and at White Hart Lane I feel just like home. I know that the fans are happy with me, I have all the support I need to develop even more.
"I can make my football dreams come true with Tottenham and that is why all my thoughts and also my future is with this club."