Nineteen-year-old Modric is now staying in Zagreb and living with his parents after his loan spell with Bosnian League side Mostar Zlinjski ended.
After entering the youth team of Dinamo Zagreb at the age of sixteen, Modric's family left his hometown of Zadar, and his parents found a job in Zagreb.
However, the economic situation in Croatia is not very good. Modric's parents' salary is not high, and they still live in a rented house.
Dinamo Zagreb's Husker training ground, as they have to prepare for the second round of the UEFA Cup qualifying round against their opponents on August 12, Dinamo Zagreb has started training for the new season.
Li Ang inquired about this situation before he came. At the same time, he was also glad that his team qualified for the UEFA Cup by winning the Spanish King's Cup. Sporting Gijon did not need to go to the second round of the UEFA Cup qualifying round in early August.
, they can go directly to the third round of qualifying that starts in September, which gives Sporting Gijon more time to prepare, especially since they only ended the promotion play-offs in early July, this provides them with
Gained valuable time.
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Li Ang appeared on the sidelines of the training ground, observing Modric.
It was not difficult to find Modric among the twenty or thirty players. The nineteen-year-old Modric stood out among the crowd.
Because the training camp for the new season has just begun, Dinamo Zagreb did not arrange confrontation training, just simple group training.
The young Modric seemed extremely serious and somewhat silent during training.
Although it was only group training, Li Ang could still see something. Modric had good foot skills and good reactions.
Eastern European players have solid basic skills and are brave enough to fight in games. This is why many coaches like Eastern European players.
It can be said that although Modric still looks very immature, it can be seen that this young man has laid a good foundation. What is lacking now is the training of the game.
Modric is not a well-known player, nor is he a player like Grosso who has played in professional leagues for many years. The contact information of their agents is easy to get. Li Ang even doubts whether Modric now has his own fixed agent.
broker.
Therefore, he could not contact Modric's agent, so he took the most direct method and flew to Croatia to interview Modric directly.
Another advantage of this method is that it can reflect his sincerity. For a young player, having a head coach of a five major league team travel long distances just for him is full of sincerity.
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Dinamo Zagreb is a Croatian giants team with many fans.
After the training, many fans came forward to ask for autographs from these stars, and the most popular ones were of course the leading stars.
As for young people like Modric, it is obvious that he has not received much attention, and no one has come up to him to sign his autograph.
Although he performed well when he was loaned to the Bosnia and Herzegovina League team, this did not give Modric many fans in Croatia. This is like a young rookie from a Chinese Super League team who performed well after being loaned to the Malaysian League. However,
It won't attract much attention from domestic fans.
Modric looked with some envy at the big-name players who were surrounded by fans asking for autographs. He was stunned for a while, and then walked silently towards the locker room.
He decided to go home and discuss it with his father. The young man was very worried about his future. Before today's training started, the club's head coach talked to him and made it clear that there was still no place for him in the current first team.
Decided to continue renting him out.
This is a notice from the club, not a question about whether he is willing to rent out. Modric doesn't even have a choice as to which team he will be loaned to. He can only obey wherever the club arranges for him to go. This is what young players do.
The only way to go.
Modric, who was walking with his head lowered, was surprised to find someone standing in front of him. He subconsciously avoided it, but the person moved his steps to block him.
Modric raised his head and saw an oriental face. He looked at this person in surprise, as well as a notebook and a pen handed over by him.
"Can you sign your name for me?" the man asked with a smile.
Modric was stunned for a moment. Although this man's Croatian speaking was not standard, he could understand it. Modric nodded shyly, "Of course."
He took the notebook and pen, signed his name very seriously, and handed the notebook and pen back to the other party.
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Li Ang was actually quite surprised himself. After coming to Croatia, he found that he actually understood Croatian. Then the memory in his mind began to revive, and he was surprised to find that he understood Croatian.
All this is because in this life, when he went abroad to explore, he had stayed in Eastern Europe, but not in Croatia, but in Slovenia, and Slovenia and Croatia both use the same language.
This is very good news for Li Ang. Originally, he was worried that Modric did not speak English and the two would not be able to communicate.
Taking the notebook and pen handed back by Modric, Leon smiled and said, "Mr. Luka Modric, can we have a chat?"
"Sorry, I have my own agent." Modric said immediately. As a young rookie from Dinamo Zagreb, although he is not well-known yet, this does not prevent some agents from coming to him.
He stayed away from this. He had heard about the bad deeds of some agents. An agent with bad character would ruin his career. Therefore, Modric now asked his father to temporarily act as his agent.
This is also very common in football. Having a relative act as an agent can reassure them. Of course, there is no problem in this at the beginning, but if you want to have greater development in the future, find a reliable one.
Influential brokers are very necessary.
"I think you misunderstood." Li Ang smiled, "I'm not an agent."
Modric was surprised. He was not a self-recommended agent. So, what was there to talk about with him?
"Are you a scout?" Modric thought of another possibility.
"Introduce yourself." Li Ang did not answer Modric's question, but introduced himself and said, "Li Ang! Head coach of the La Liga team Sporting Gijon."
Modric was stunned. He could never forget this day in the summer of 2004. When he was most confused about the future, a Chinese suddenly appeared in front of him, asked for his autograph, and then introduced himself as
The head coach of a La Liga team then said to himself——
"Are you interested in playing in La Liga? Well, I mean my team." Li Ang smiled and continued.
