From being voted as the “Worst Signing of the Season” in La Liga 2012/13 season to being voted as UEFA’s Player of the Year 2017/18, Luka Modric has achieved some major success in his struggling journey.
Modric has improved a lot as a player since he joined Los Blancos under Jose Mourinho. In terms of goals or assist, Modric might not have the best stats for a midfielder. But this only shows his unselfishness towards the game.
Modric is one of the best creative midfielders in the world right now. His partnership with Toni Kroos has proven to be the most dominating one in world football. Modric has had an average of 1.5 key passes per match with an accuracy of more than 83%.
This summer, Luka Modric took his status from best to an all-time legend. Modric captained his country Croatia to the finals of the FIFA World Cup 2018. This task seemed impossible on paper but they still somehow managed to pull it off.
Croatia’s squad is not the youngest so it was difficult for them to maintain the physicality throughout the competition.
Modric took his team out of tough situations more than once. For his stunning performance in the World Cup, he was awarded the Golden Ball (best player in the competition).
Modric deserves all the praise that he’s getting at the moment. He has also been nominated for FIFA Best Player of the Year award. If Modric wins this too, he might be the one to mark an end to the Ronaldo-Messi Ballon D’Or saga
Luka Modrić is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Spanish club Real Madrid and is the captain of the Croatia national team. Modrić plays mainly as a central midfielder but can also play as an attacking midfielder or as a defensive midfielder, usually deployed as a deep-lying playmaker. Modrić is widely regarded as one of the best midfielders of his generation, and among the greatest Croatian footballers of all-time.[nb 2] Able to blend traditional and trequartista playmaking effectively, he is known for his vision, precision in execution, and tactical strategy.