Krkic Snr reveals Barcelona rejected Real Madrid star Luka Modric - 7M sport

Krkic Snr reveals Barcelona rejected Real Madrid star Luka Modric



Posted Tuesday, December 06, 2016 by Marca.com

Krkic Snr reveals Barcelona rejected Real Madrid star Luka Modric

The father of Stoke City striker Bojan Krkic has revealed Barcelona rejected Real Madrid star Luka Modric.

Krkic Snr was a scout for Barca and says they could've signed Modric in 2008.

He told Què t'hi jugues!: “I saw it clearly, also the case of [Frank] Ribery (…) we had it in our hands. Modric was a player with a winning mentality, but the club weren't thinking about the future, only in the short-to-medium-term.

“Our contact in Croatia spoke wonders of Modric before he signed for Tottenham. I was working for Barça then and they sent us various DVDs with Dynamo Zagreb and the Croatian national team."

The problem is that Barça, during that period, counted on “Xavi, Iniesta, Toure and Busquets [in the B team]. They didn't contemplate the option of signing." Krkic remembers that he “consulted with Boban, the ex-Milan and Croatia player, to get his opinion and he told me [Modric] would be a star in the future."



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