Luka Modric added to his collection of awards after a successful 2018 when he was named Croatian sportsman of the year on Wednesday.
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Real Madrid secured their third successive Club World Cup title as they defeated Al Ain 4-1 in Saturday’s final in Abu Dhabi.
Croatian captain, Modric broke Messi and Ronaldo’s decade-long stranglehold on the prestigious prize last month.
The midfielder is this year’s Ballon d’Or winner and Real president Florentino Perez is eager to extend his contract.
Lionel Messi’s fifth-place finish in this year’s Ballon d’Or vote was absurd, his FC Barcelona coach Ernesto Valverde said of the Spanish champions’ Argentina forward on Tuesday.
Luka Modric has had perjury charges against him dropped by a Croatian court after it was alleged the Real Madrid star gave a false testimony in a corruption trial last year.
Cristiano Ronaldo’s sister claims “rottenness, the mafia and money grabbers” were behind the Juventus forward not retaining the Ballon d’Or.
Luka Modric has officially ended Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi’s dominance of individual awards after scooping the Ballon d’Or award for 2018.
Real Madrid midfielder, Luka Modric is tipped to end Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi’s decade of Ballon d’Or dominance when the winner is announced on Monday.
The Portugal international has won the prize, run by French magazine France Football and awarded to the world’s best player annually, five times and finished as runner-up five times since 2007.
Antoine Griezmann is fixated on winning the Ballon d’Or because he believes it would fulfil his “dream” of ranking among Atletico Madrid’s all-time greats.
Messi ran amok at Wembley Stadium, slicing Spurs apart with incisive passes from deep, such as the one that allowed Philippe Coutinho to open the scoring.
An email to Reuters by the Zagreb municipal criminal court said it rejected the charge, made by the Croatia state attorney in March, but gave no explanation for its ruling.
Croatia and Real Madrid midfielder Luka Modric has won the FIFA award for the best men’s player of the year, beating fellow nominees Cristiano Ronaldo and Mohamed Salah to claim the award for the first time.
Real Madrid midfielder Luka Modric has reportedly admitted two counts of tax fraud and accepted an eight-month suspended prison sentence.
But there is no place for Barcelona and Argentina superstar Lionel Messi.
Modrić picked up this latest accolade on stage in Monaco during the 2018/19 group stage draw.
The Real Madrid midfielder was crowned at the ceremony for the Champions League group stage draw on Thursday
Ronaldo, who won the award last season, helped Real Madrid to a third consecutive Champions League title and finished as the competition’s top scorer with 15 goals.
Cristiano Ronaldo, Mohamed Salah and Luka Modric have been named as the three nominees for the UEFA Men’s Player of the Year award.