Chapter 392
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The 19-year-old Modric was living with his parents in Zagreb after his loan with the Bosnia-Herzegovina League team Mostar Zliniski ended.
After entering the youth team of Dinamo Zagreb at the age of 16, Modric's family left their hometown of Zadar. His parents found a job in Zagreb.
However, the economic situation in Croatia was not good. Modric's parents' salary was not high and they were still renting a house.
Dinamo Zagreb's Haske training ground. Dinamo Zagreb had already started training for the new season because they had to prepare for the second round of the UEFA Europa League qualifiers on August 12th.
Li Ang had inquired about the situation before he came. At the same time, he was also glad that his team qualified for the UEFA Europa League by winning the Copa del Rey. Sporting de Gijón did not need to play the second round of the UEFA Europa League qualifiers in early August. They could directly play the third round of the qualifiers in September. This gave Sporting de Gijón more time to prepare, especially since they only finished the promotion playoffs in early July. This bought them precious time.
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Li Ang appeared on the sidelines of the training ground and observed Modric.
It was not difficult to find Modric among the 20 to 30 players. The 19-year-old Modric was very conspicuous in the crowd.
Because the training for the new season had just begun, Dinamo Zagreb did not arrange for any confrontational training. It was just simple group training.
The young Modric appeared to be very serious during the training. He was also somewhat silent.
Although it was only group training, Li Ang could still see some things. Modric's footwork was good and his reflexes were good.
The Eastern European players had solid fundamentals and dared to fight in the game. This was why many coaches liked the Eastern European players.
It could be said that although Modric still looked very young, it could be seen that the young man's foundation was very good. What he lacked now was the tempering of the game.
Modric was not a famous player, nor was he a player like Grosso who had played in the professional league for many years. It was easy to get the contact information of their agents. Li Ang even suspected that Modric did not have a fixed agent.
Therefore, he couldn't contact Modric's agent. So, he took the most direct method and flew to Croatia to talk to Modric directly.
There was another advantage to this method, which was that it could show his sincerity. For a young player, having a manager of a team from one of the top five leagues travel a long distance just for him, this sincerity was full of sincerity.
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Dinamo Zagreb was a powerhouse team in Croatia and had a lot of fans.
After the training, many fans came forward to ask the star players for autographs. Of course, the most popular ones were the star players.
As for a young man like Modrich, he obviously did not receive much attention, and no one came up to him for an autograph.
Although Modric performed well when he was loaned to the Bosnia-Herzegovina League team, he did not have many fans in Croatia. It was like a young rookie from a Chinese Super League team being loaned to the Malaysian League and performing well, but it did not attract much attention from the local fans.
Modric looked enviously at the big-name star players who were surrounded by fans asking for autographs. He was in a daze for a while, and then silently walked towards the locker room.
He decided to go home and have a good discussion with his father. The young man was very distressed about his future. Before the start of today's training, the club's manager talked to him and made it clear that there was still no place for him in the First Team. The team decided to continue loaning him out.
This was a notice from the club, not a request for him to be loaned out. Modric did not even have a choice of which team to be loaned to. Wherever the club arranged for him to go, he could only obediently follow. This was the path that young players had to go through.
Modric, who was walking with his head down, was surprised to find someone blocking in front of him. He subconsciously avoided it, but this person moved his feet and blocked him.
Modric looked up and saw an Asian face. He looked at this person in surprise, and the person handed over a notebook and a pen.
"Can I have your autograph?" The person asked with a smile.
Modric was stunned. Although this person's Croatian was not fluent, he could understand. Modric nodded a little shyly. "Of course."
He took the notebook and pen, then signed his name very seriously and handed the notebook and pen back to the person.
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Li Ang was actually quite surprised himself. After coming to Croatia, he found that he could actually understand Croatian. Then, the memories in his mind began to revive. He was surprised to find that he could understand Croatian.
All of this was because when he went abroad in this life, he had stayed in Eastern Europe. However, it was not in Croatia, but in Slovenia. Slovenia and Croatia used the same language.
This was very good news for Li Ang. He was originally worried that Modric could not speak English and that the two of them would not be able to communicate.
Li Ang took the notebook and pen that Modric handed over and smiled. "Mr. Luka Modric, can we talk?"
"Sorry, I have my own agent," Modric said immediately. Modric said immediately. As a rookie in Dinamo Zagreb, although he wasn't famous yet, it didn't stop some agents from coming to find him. He kept a respectful distance from them. He had heard of the bad deeds of some agents. A bad agent could ruin one's career. Therefore, Modric let his father be his agent for the time being. This was very common in the football world. Having a relative as an agent would make them feel at ease. Of course, this was not a problem at the beginning. However, if they wanted to develop further, it was necessary to find a reliable and influential agent.
"I think you misunderstood." Li Ang smiled. "I am not an agent."
Modric was surprised. If he was not an agent who had volunteered, then what was there to talk about?
"Are you a scout?" Modric thought of another possibility.
"Let me introduce myself." Li Ang did not answer Modric's question. Instead, he introduced himself. "Li Ang! The manager of the La Liga team Sporting de Gijón. "
Modric was stunned. He would never forget this day in the summer of 2004. When he was at his most confused about the future, a Chinese man suddenly appeared in front of him and asked for an autograph. The Chinese man then introduced himself as the manager of a La Liga team and said to him, "Let's go.
"Are you interested in playing in La Liga? Well, I'm talking about my team. "Li Ang continued with a smile.
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