Manchester United legend, Rio Ferdinand, has revealed that he almost convinced Croatia captain, Luka Modric, to join the Red Devils instead of Real Madrid over a decade ago.Ferdinand said he spoke with Modric about coming to Old Trafford when the midfielder was playing for Tottenham Hotspur, but insisted that Man United’s board had already agreed to a deal with Borussia Dortmund’s Shinji Kagawa.Modric left Tottenham in the summer of 2012 to join Real MadridHe went o...

Croatia midfielder Luka Modric has blamed referee Daniele Orsato following his side's 3-0 World Cup semi-final defeat to Argentina on Tuesday night.Modric claimed Orsato did not award Croatia a corner and a penalty during their tie with Argentina.A goal from Messi and a brace from Julian Alvarez gave Argentina the victory over Croatia at the Lusail Stadium.“It wasn’t to be, but hey, we have to recover and try to win the match for third place." We are sad; we wanted...

The Croatia captain, Luka Modric, has made an honest confession about Argentina captain Lionel Messi ahead of both sides’ 2022 FIFA World Cup semi-final tie on Tuesday.Modric said Croatia is going to have a lot of difficulties stopping Messi at the Lusail Stadium.The Real Madrid midfielder also described Messi as Argentina’s best player.Croatia and Argentina will clash on Tuesday night in the World Cup's last four.Both nations defeated Brazil and the Netherlands, re...