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The most complicated situations for a footballer in his career have to do with the appearance of a traumatic injury that moves the player away from the playing fields for a considerable time, and also with the sudden drop in performance, after being on the cusp of one of the best teams on the planet.

Although they are different circumstances and the first one seems to be more serious, in most cases, the players recover satisfactorily from the injuries and even have an even greater performance than before suffering them, however, for the second act, the psychological deterioration that implies losing confidence while being at maximum capacity, ends up causing irreversible damage in many cases.

This second approach fits in a certain way with what has happened to Philippe Coutinho , who is the most expensive signing in the history of Barcelona In his first games he kept showing that the enormous amount of money paid for him was worth it.

But when he began to have a competition at his level, which showed that it could be decisive, then he lost his place among the headlines that Ernesto Valverde had in mind , and with the loss of continuity, his confidence also fell to the point that He seems to have become a different footballer.

If the situation continues like this, the Brazilian will ask for his immediate exit from the institution, and already has several interested clubs, among which are: Liverpool PSG and Inter Milan , the option of the Nerazzur team would be given as long as they do not make official hiring Luka Modrić .

There is still season, but the situation is not comfortable for Coutinho , who would make the decision to wait in case a new technical director arrives at the end of the course.



What's the story?

Real Madrid midfielder Luka Modric has hit out at five-time Ballon d'Or winners Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi for skipping the gala that saw the Croatian break the duo's decade-long duopoly over the award.

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The year capped off incredibly well for Modric as the Croatian took home the treble of individual awards - the UEFA Best Player of the Year award, the Best FIFA Men's Player award and the prestigious Ballon d'Or.
The midfielder was recognised for helping Los Blancos to their third consecutive UEFA Champions League title and leading his home country to the first FIFA World Cup final in their history.
While the best in football gathered at the ceremony in Paris on December 3, former teammate Ronaldo and Barcelona ace Messi were nowhere to be seen.

The heart of the matter

The Croatian has now spoken about the duo's ceremony snub in an interview with Sportske Novosti, saying it is not fair to other players as well as the voters who nominated them.
Modric said, "I cannot say why someone did not attend – that’s their choice."
"That is logical, is it not? It turns out these choices and trophies only have value when they get them."
"It is not fair to their playing colleagues, or to the voters who have nominated them for the past 10 years – nor for football or supporters."
"But I repeat, everyone behaves the way they think they need to."


The World Cup finalist added, "Here we are talking about seasonal performance, and it probably means that all the coaches, players, football legends and journalists have voted the same."
"Or are they all mistaken at the same time?"
"If we vote on the quality of the player, then the only thing left is to distribute all the trophies for Messi and Ronaldo as long as they are actively playing and to abandon any vote."

What's next?

The ceremony snub has undoubtedly caused controversy but it was deemed to be expected as it has taken place during the FIFA Best Awards as well.
Modric's Real Madrid will next face Kashima Antlers in the Club World Cup on Wednesday.

Luka Modric thinks he has earned it. The Croatian was the Golden Ball in the World Cup in Russia and was one of the 'culprits' of Real Madrid taking the Thirteenth and claiming theirs.

The midfielder currently charges 6.5 million euros , an amount far removed from what the heaviest pesos in Madrid charge .

Inter Milan tempts Modric.
That's why he lets himself be loved by Inter Milan . As noted by Diario Gol, the last offer of the transalpinos reaches up to  40 million euros  divided into two seasons,  15  in this and  25  next summer, and  10 million net for the player  at the rate of  four seasons .

In addition, as has transpired, the offer goes further, because they guarantee two more years in China , where it would charge another 10 kilos' per year.

The club will put a counter offer on the table and Modric will listen to it. But the meringues will not cover the economic expectations of the Croatian and every day that passes the chances grow that he will end up leaving Madrid . In addition, the midfielder is very angry with Julen Lopetegui , who has not counted on him to name the captains, so that everything is now at the mercy of money.

Cristiano Ronaldo warns of another escape

But beware, because the Croatian might not be the last escape from a crack, after the departures of Cristiano Ronaldo and Zinedine Zidane .

" He's leaving ", warns the Portuguese forward to those who were his close friends in the white locker room over a Marcelo who is also not happy with the new Madrid project. The Brazilian was one of the best friends of CR7 in Chamartín and both maintain constant contact.Marcelo |  EFE
The side does not consider that a template is being built to return to aspire to the highest. In addition, the defender has very interesting proposals of Chinese football, where they await you with open arms.

The carioca's intentions this summer will start with the Real season , but he does not rule out the end of his stage at the Santiago Bernabéu in the winter market if things go awry in the first part of the season. Marcelo knows that in China they are waiting for him.



At Don Balón we have been warning for some time. Luka Modric seriously considers leaving Real Madrid. After three consecutive Championships and on the verge of turning 33, the Croatian sees with good eyes a change of air to end his career in another league.

After having triumphed in England and Spain, the option of the Serie A is attractive. But Inter Milan is not the only team willing to bid strong for the midfielder. Bayern Munich also gets into the fight.

Niko Kovac, who knows Modric well, has asked the board of the German club to make an effort for his compatriot. And in the Allianz they are very attentive to Luka's situation.

From Germany it is assured that Bayern would be willing to put on the table up to 100 million euros and would include a player in the operation: Thiago Alcántara. 
Bayern does not have the former Barça player, and they know that Florentino Pérez really likes the Spanish-Brazilian option. An offer more than tempting, especially for a Modric who would not look with bad eyes fall into the Bundesliga for a final gold contract. 

It will be the last to return from your vacation. However, Luka Modric has already made certain weighty people at Real Madrid know that he is very angry.


The Croatian captain , runner-up in the World Cup in Russia, is very upset with the latest information from the White House. You are not liking some changes.

The arrival of Julen Lopetegui has meant moving some things that with Zinedine Zidane were more than established. And one of them directly affects the Croatian crack.

Modric already begins to intuit from the distance that Lopetegui is not going to be a coach who has him from the first day. Everything points to what is going to make things difficult for him.

Otherwise, the new hierarchies that are being implemented in Real Madrid are not explained . Against the forecast, it seems that Modric will be displaced.

Lopetegui has already begun to make his list of captains. Normally, the criterion tends to be due to the seniority of the players in the squad, although it does not have to be that way.

Captains game: the most sought-after bracelet

In Barça, for example, it is the players themselves who vote for their captains. This explains why in recent years Mascherano snatched Brazalate's fourth captain Gerard Piqué, although the Catalan is not only home but had two more years in the first team.


Modric is one of those who think that the same thing should happen in Madrid : hierarchy over seniority. And it seems that this is not Lopetegui's idea .
Karim Benzema |  EFE
After the departure of Cristiano Ronaldo, everything suggests that Karim Benzema will assume the position of third captain for a theme of seniority. But the matter does not end there.

Benzema, third captain

The Benzema was within normal because he has been on the team since 2009. Modric, however, was signed in 2012, with José Mourinho already on the bench.

However, what the Croatian can not understand is that a player with much less ancestry in the team will also pass him: Raphael Varane.

While it is true that the French center has been one year older than Modric in the team - he signed Mourinho on the recommendation of Zidane in 2011 - his role has been much more residual.

Varane also passes to Modric

He has not become the undisputed holder of Madrid until the last year, since the previous year he was still fighting the position with Pepe. In addition, at 25 he is much younger than the Croatian (32).
James (left) celebrates his goal with Varane (center) and Pepe, against Espanyol / EFE
Modric is a leader. He has shown with Croatia and is the game director of Madrid. Varane has never shown leadership skills, despite being world champion with France.

They tell from Madrid that the Croatian would be moving threads directly with Florentino Pérez to address this issue. Modric does not want to leave Madrid without being captain.

Jordi Alba, the fourth of Barça

In Barça there is also a small gap in this regard. With the departure of Iniesta and Mascherano last winter, Pique points to third captain and, surprise, Jordi Alba would be the fourth.