Modric It was a highly discussed signing: because of the price, because of its lack of media attention and because of the general lack of knowledge about his game. He was sold as a box-to-box midfielder, that term that the British invented for players who, supposedly, did everything well both in attack and defense, the supposed all-rounders who performed at the back and reached the rival area with danger. It was difficult for him to find a place in the starting team and there was a lot of uncertainty about his value in the game, until little by little the Croatian showed his true ability and his true role, that of a teacher. No one could have thought twelve years ago that Luka was going to become a historic architect of the game of football. Madrid and in a style reference, but the years went by and his figure became bigger.
His way of reading the games, his wisdom in choosing the appropriate rhythm, his ability to sneak through a forest of legs to find the best pass to his teammate, his solidarity, his command and his ability to make his teammate better. In his last stage he has had to assume that he is no longer able to lead permanently and that his age prevents him from being at the first level, but he has internalized that his quality minutes are very important in the final stretch of the parties. Luka Modric is already a legend.
