Luka Modric: Croatia captain to maintain taking part in worldwide soccer till a minimum of June 2023
Captain Luka Modric plans to maintain taking part in worldwide soccer till a minimum of the Nations League finals in June subsequent 12 months after serving to Croatia to a third-place end on the World Cup.
Requested after the sport if he aimed to be on the European Championships in 2024, Modric stated: “We’ll see.
“I have to go step-by-step, I’m having fun with the nationwide group.”
Modric began all seven of Croatia’s World Cup video games in Qatar, taking part in for 656 minutes out of a potential 690, and believes he nonetheless has loads to supply his nation.
“I nonetheless really feel I can carry out on a excessive stage,” he added on Bein Sports activities.
“I need to proceed a minimum of till [the] Nations League. That can give me time to consider Euro 2024.”
Croatia’s third-place end follows on from their look within the closing on the final World Cup in Russia in 2018, underlining their means to shock on the worldwide stage.
Age means plenty of the present squad are unlikely to function when the 2026 match comes round, however boss Zlatko Dalic insisted there’s loads to be optimistic about for the longer term.
“That is the final World Cup for a few of my gamers resulting from their age,” Dalic stated. “However we’ve got younger gamers in our group and there’s a nice hope for Croatia. We’ve got many younger gamers on the bench.
“The older gamers instil confidence in them. Croatia has nothing to worry for the longer term. Is that this the top of an period? I imagine not, we’ve got the League of Nations and Euros in 2024. I imagine Croatia has an interesting future.”
