A court in Croatia has rejected a charge against Real Madrid's Luka Modric after the midfielder was deemed to have given a false testimony during a tax avoidance trial involving an ex-executive of his former club Dinamo Zagreb.
Croatian prosecutors accused the midfielder of perjury during his testimony which related to his transfer to Tottenham in 2008, where executive Zdravko Mamic was subsequently sentenced to prison after embezzling funds from his transfer.
According to the BBC, a Zagreb criminal court has now rejected the charge against Real's Modric, which was made in March, with local reports suggesting the move was made as it was deemed the accusation was "premature" because the final verdict in the corruption trial itself was yet to be determined.