During yesterday’s press conference, the Croatian midfielder Luka Modric he focused on his desire to play for the national team again: “The important thing is that I’m here because I’m still motivated like at the beginning, I have a lot of desire. My greatest pride and desire was to play for Croatia, I’m happy to still be here at this age. The coach wants me, the Federation and my teammates are happy. That’s why I’m still here, I think I can help them and I’m here for whatever they need.
The 2026 World Cup? It’s still far away. At my age I don’t feel like planning, we’ll see. From this point of view I don’t know how realistic it is. You have to play one game at a time. The desire is to do the best you can in the Nations League so we’ll see what happens after that. I don’t know how realistic it is, you have to listen to your body and see how you feel.
The national team? There are many talented players in the national team who can become starters in the future, like we were when we arrived. Charlie, Dudu, me and then Brozović. The talent is definitely there and when you are surrounded by younger players they make you young and make you give your all and fight with them”.