“I don’t feel like a sub for Modric”

Niko Kranjcar has insisted that he is not coming to Tottenham Hotspur to be a temporary stop-gap for Luka Modric.

The Croatian international completed his switch from Portsmouth yesterday and is expected to fill the void left by Modric after he broke his leg last weekend against Birmingham City.

Kranjcar said: “I don’t feel like a sub for Modric. I came to play alongside him in the first team. We’ve proved we can play together in the Croatia team.”