Prosinecki: Modric is best Croatian player of all time

CAIRO – 27 December 2017: The Croatian Robert Prosinecki, former player of Real Madrid and Barcelona, believes that Real Madrid midfielder Luka Modric is the best Croatian player of all time and that Spanish coach Pep Guardiola is the most outstanding coach in history.

"There is no way of looking at this in which [Modric] doesn’t deserve the title as the best [Croatian] in history,” Prosinecki said in an interview with sports daily Sportske Novosti, published on Monday.

Real Madrid was highly fortunate when the club signed Modric from Tottenham in 2012. Since then, the 32-year-old is serving the middle lineup of the Spanish Giants in the best possible way.

“He has three Champions League titles, and in all three of them, he was one of Real Madrid’s most important players… On three occasions he was officially picked for the world XI. Even if we leave trophies aside, the way he plays and the way he dominates for Real Madrid is impressive,” Prosinecki said.

For Prosinecki, Pep Guardiola is the best coach of all time. "Or at least he's the best I've ever seen on the scene. The football his teams play is a great pleasure for me," he said.

The historical midfielder of the Yugoslavian and Croatian national teams and coach of several national teams indicated that he always looks forward to Manchester City matches, whatever team they are facing.

"Just remember how Barcelona played with Pep at the front, especially in the first two seasons; then with Bayern he played the best football in the world, and now he is playing again as coach of Manchester City," Prosinecki said.

The dilemma of Ronaldo or Messi does not exist for Prosinecki, who indicated that although the two players have statistics and impressive games, "Messi's football is magical and unrepeatable."