Collection of Luka Modric desktop wallpapers

I’ve been searching the web for some Luka Modric wallpapers and this is what I came up with:

Luka Modric - Tottenham Hotspur #1 wallpaper 1280×1024 / 1920×1200

Luka Modric - Tottenham Hotspur #2 wallpaper 1024×768

Luka Modric - Croatia wallpapers can be found here

Luka Modric Round-Up

The Daily Record posted a nice summary about Croatia’s EURO 2008 team in group B and also more specifically its star player Luka Modric. Click here to see that specific article

STAR PLAYER: Luka Modric - resisted a January move away from Dinamo Zagreb but after rejecting a bumper deal has agreed to join Spurs next season. Intelligent and energetic playmaker in the Robert Prosinecki mould who ran the show against England at Wembley last November.

Croatia and Modric gearing up for EURO 2008

With the European Championship 2008 now less than three weeks away, all teams are preparing for the start of the tournament. Also Croatia is hopeful of doing well, and it’s placing its hopes on playmaker Luka Modric for that. Slaven Bilic, coach of the national team said: “When he plays, Croatia is at its best!” So far, Modric played 24 matches for the national team and scoring 3 goals. It doesn’t sound like much, but his real strength is giving assists and dictating the play.

Modric was also quoted saying: “I know all eyes are on me right now, but I believe we could achieve a good result only through team play, and not some individual heroics.”

Croatia is fielding a team of which the main strength is its midfield where the talented duo Luka Modric and Niko Kranjcar can do magic on the ball.

Last sunday, the first seven players of the Croatian national team gathered together for training on the Adriatic coast, in the town of Rovinj to start preparing for Euro 2008. The first in line were Vedran Corluka, Nikola Kalinic, Manuel Pamic, Anas Sharbini, Ognjen Vukojevic, Niko Covac and of course also Luka Modric. “Stipe Pletikosa and Ivica Olic will arrive on Monday, while the others will show up by Wednesday” Bilic told the press. The coach also said that they will start with training once to twice per day, and focusing on physical readiness. He also added that the first match against hosts Austria will be the key one. Also in light of a good preparation, on Saturday they will play a match against Moldova in Rijeka and another one against Hungary on the last day of May, in Budapest.

For some more information on Croatia’s chances and their team for Euro 2008, read this excellent article.

Luka Modric in Football Manager 2008 (aka FM2008)

I guess every football fan who also likes playing a game on the pc, knows (or should know!) the Football Manager series (formerly Championship Manager) from Sports Interactive. It gets updated every year with all transfers and other improvement over earlier versions. The latest iteration is Football Manager 2008 (PC). With this game, you can take over the managers role of pretty much any club anywhere in the world. Set up your team tactics and training regimes, improve the stadium or buy new players. And of course you can also buy Luka Modric! At the start of the game in summer 2007 he is still with Dinamo in Croatia. Check the FM2008 screenshots below to see what he looks like in the game:

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Modric: Cruyff look-alike

Notice anything on the picture below?

There seems to be a striking resemblance between Luka Modric and Johan Cruyff as you can see from the picture. Not only the physical appearance, but also in technique and vision they seem to be each others equals. Do you agree or not? Leave a comment below!