http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/blog/2011/may/18/player-of-the-season-premier-league
Player of the season: Premier League 2010-11 review
Luka Modric
Despite having Vidic in his team, Sir Alex
Ferguson told reporters last month that he would have nominated a
Tottenham man as his player of the season. Much as it may shock fans of
running really really fast, he wasn't talking about Gareth
Bale. He was referring to the brilliant Modric, whose contributions may
have been less eye-catching than those of the Welshman – or even,
indeed, his team-mate Rafael van der Vaart – but were also far more
crucial to making Tottenham tick. The Croatian's ability, despite his
size, to protect possession and select the right pass are almost
unrivalled. If Tottenham were left cursing their strikers' failure to
convert chances at key moments throughout the season, it was usually to
Modric's credit that the opportunity had existed in the first place.