Whether Modric continues at Milan for another season is now unclear, particularly as Allegri has since been sacked for failing to secure a top-four finish. Modric has been effusive in his praise of the club and the city, but it has been reported that Madrid are keen to bring him back to the Bernabeu in some capacity should he decide to finally hang up his boots this summer.
For now, Modric is remaining coy on his future, but it’s taken as a given at this stage that this will be his last major tournament with Croatia, so it’s hardly ideal that he’s going to have to play with a protective mask at the World Cup – which could be particularly uncomfortable in what are likely to be testing conditions.
However, Modric has made a career out of proving people wrong. As he recently said“I never really cared what anyone else said, it only further motivated me.”
So, who would dare write off a masked Modric at 40 years of age? Not the English media, that’s for sure. They’ve been burned before.
