Man City was short of Modric just because ... poor

City had a chance to recruit midfielder Luka Modric for just £ 10m in 2008. However, the deal failed because The Citizens did not have enough money.

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Man City ever "& quot; Miss Modric just because ... poor
It is time that Man City has not been acquired by billionaire Sheikh Mansour. Bernard Halford, then secretary at the club, revealed that Vedran Corluka was the matchmaker for Modric. According to Corluka, Modric is a promising youngster of Croatian football.

Of course, Man City were impressed and quickly contacted Dinamo Zagreb - Modric's governing body at the time. The club has already finalized £ 10m for the midfielder at the age of 22, but the deal is over because the City can not collect enough money because the owner of the Thaksin Shinawatra team froze.

"When Shinawatra owned City, we had the opportunity to buy Modric. He was so excited, even telling me that City are about to sign a big deal to own one of the bridges. the best in the world.

Corluka introduced Modric to us, but when we needed money, we did not have enough money because of the freezing of Shinawatra's money in Thailand. The price was around £ 10m, and now he's competing for the Golden Ball, "Halford said regretfully.

The delay of the City has created conditions for Tottenham to go to Modric. Spurs also took Corluka on White Hart Lane from City in 2008.