Stars are waiting for Roshen.. “Modric”, the shepherd of sheep, who has become a hero in the eyes of the Croatians

The summer Mercato, the most important in the history of the Saudi Professional League, kicked off, as many Roshen League clubs are considering signing international stars of a high caliber no less important than Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo.

Many names have emerged in the past days to repeat Ronaldo’s experience with victory, and Karim Benzema, who joined the ranks of the federation, and presents “Sport 24The most prominent stars expected to come to the Roshen League, to wear the shirts of the Saudi teams.

Modric

Press reports revealed that Real Madrid player, Croatian Luka Modric, is close to leaving the ranks of the Spanish League, after spending more than 10 seasons with Meringue.

And the Spanish newspaper “Oak Diario” stated that Modric expressed his desire to leave Real Madrid after receiving an offer from one of the Saudi teams.

She indicated that the 37-year-old asked the Real Madrid administration to allow him to leave after receiving an offer from a Saudi club, worth 120 million euros for 3 seasons.

Sources revealed that Al-Ahly club wanted to sign Real Madrid star and Croatia captain Luka Modric. Al-Ahly is preparing, according to the French “Foot Mercato”, a crazy offer to sign Modric during the upcoming summer transfer period.

Luka Modric’s contract with Real Madrid expires at the end of the current season, and he is entitled to move to any team for free, starting next season.

It is noteworthy that Modric has been associated with the move to Al-Nasr club during the last winter transfers, but he is still continuing with Real Madrid.

Difficult childhood

Luka Modric was born on September 9, 1985 near the Croatian city of Zadar, but he faced difficult circumstances during his childhood due to the Croatian War of Independence in 1991, forcing his family to flee far away and work in sheep herding to help his mother provide for his brothers.

Modric lived a difficult life, as he lived for a while in a refugee camp, but he soon began to change reality and then start playing football, which was his lifeline.

The beginning of his career

After his distinguished appearance with the youth teams, Dinamo Zagreb club decided to contract with the new midfield talent “Modric” in 2002, and a year later he moved to Zrinjski Mostar club in the Bosnia and Herzegovina Premier League, but he returned to the Croatian league from the Zabrisic club gate on a one-year loan. During which he helped the team get the runners-up in the Croatian League, to culminate in his efforts by obtaining the first award for the best promising Croatian player in 2004.

In 2005 and 2006 he contributed to the crowning of Dinamo Zagreb with the Croatian League title, to then qualify for the European Union Cup for the first time when they eliminated Ajax by penalty kicks, then he played his last match with Dinamo Zagreb at Casemiro Stadium, and witnessed a farewell worthy of only the champions as the stadium shook from The crowd applauded him, and they raised banners bearing his name.

Tottenham experience

Tottenham signed Luka Modric in 2008, after he became the focus of attention of many clubs, so that the English club obtained the player’s signature in a deal estimated at 16.5 million euros, and the deal was considered the most expensive in the history of the London club at the time.

real madrid

Luka Modric moved to the ranks of Real Madrid in 2012, and Modric participated in his first match with the Royal Club as a substitute for Mesut Ozil in the 83rd minute against Barcelona in the 2012 Spanish Super Cup Final, after which he was crowned with the royal club in the Spanish League 3 times, the King’s Cup twice, and the Spanish Super Cup. in 4 times.

At the European level, he won the European Champions League 5 times, 3 European Super Cup titles, in addition to 5 Club World Cup titles.

Croatian national team

The year 2006 witnessed the first appearance of Luka Modric with his country, after which he played 164 matches so far, during which he scored 23 goals, and led them to reach the World Cup final in 2018 before losing the title to France.

market value

The market value of Modric in 2006 when he was a player in Dynamo Zagreb was 2.5 million euros, and it kept rising until it reached 17 million euros in 2009 when he moved to Tottenham, before it reached 55 million euros in 2014 after only two years of moving to the ranks. real madrid.

The market value of the Croatian star has decreased since 2015, reaching 10 million euros in 2022.

The golden ball

In 2018, Luka Modric won the Golden Ball award as the best player in the world, ending the monopoly of Argentine Lionel Messi and Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo on the award over the past ten years.

This award came because of his victory with Real Madrid in the European Champions League for the third time in a row, and he also led his country to the final match of the 2018 World Cup in Russia for the first time in its history.

In the same year, Modric dominated all the international awards, as the International Federation of Football Associations (FIFA) awarded him the award for the best player in the world, and he also won the award for the best European player as well.