The midfielder is popular with his club's fans, but a recent trial in his homeland has turned him into a villain for the national team
Luka Modric should be the star of the show for Croatia at the 2018 World Cup. The midfielder enters the tournament having won the Champions League for the third year in a row with Real Madrid. He's a hugely popular figure in Spain, but fans of his national team do not hold the 32-year-old in the same high esteem.
As a child during the Croatian War of Independence, Modric was forced to leave his home of Modrici, with his grandfather killed by Serbs who occupied the area.