Croatia coach Slaven Bilic say one does not have to be a football expert to know that Luka Modric is a key player at Real Madrid.” On and off the pitch Modric matured and became a leader. He’s a captain. He is the main player on the pitch. I have had the privilege of working with really good players with Croatia, Besiktas and West Ham but if I had to name one as the best it would be Modric.”
“Ivan Rakitic is very important at Barcelona. Mateo Kovacic is younger but also at Madrid. Then we have Ivan Perisic and Marcelo Brozovic at Inter Milan, Mario Mandzukic at Juventus, Nikola Kalinic at AC Milan and Sime Vsraljko at Atletico Madrid. They’re all playing at big clubs.”