Luka Modric: The shadow behind the yard

In 2012, Modric set up a Luxembourg-based Ivano-based company, where his 15% salary in Real was hidden in the form of image rights. Due to this, Modric paid an extra 1.4 million euros in fees and fines to the Spanish tax authority, and accepted an eight month probation in September.

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Luka Modric: The shadow behind the yard
World Cup 2018 is certainly the most memorable tournament of Modric's career, when he helped Croatia to win the runner-up position and personally bear the yellow ball of the tournament. A month later, the glory continues to look to the 33-year-old midfielder. This is the FIFA World Player of the Year award, thus breaking the dominance of Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi for a decade.

The fame of Modric has brought new opportunities for the representative Vladica Lemic. The 52-year-old sought to make money from Modric's success by taking him out of Real Madrid to Inter Milan. The transfer rumors came to a halt, including Modric's intentions, details of the salary he received at Real and the potential transfer fee.

However, the Real refused to embark on the game that Vladica presented. After letting Ronaldo enter Juventus for € 112 million, Los Blancos does not want to lose another galactico. Finally, the deal did not happen. Modric stayed in Real and they agreed to increase their wages in 1985. As such, no charges were poured into Vladica's pockets. However, Vladica did not lose much because he made millions of euros from Modric, despite not being represented by FIFA.

According to Football Leaks documentation, Vladica and a business partner negotiated a total of € 4.4 million in fees, including a modic salary increase, through a registered agent. owned by his brother Zoran Lemic. The payment is processed in the Republic of Srpska - an autonomous region in Bosnia & Herzegovina, which has three times lower tax rates than the country of residence of Vladica Lemic, Belgium. At the base, Vladica used the company of his brother Zoran to indirectly bill from European clubs, then transfer the representative fees and profits to a low-tax country.

Curkovic signed with reina
Curkovic signed with reina

Another member of Vladica's predicament is Predrag Mijatovic, former club forward of Partizan Belgrade, Real Madrid and Valencia. In addition, Mijatovic was also the director of Real Madrid's football from 2006 to 2009. The striker is currently living in Spain where he is being charged with 603,000 euros in tax. The emails revealed Mijatovic shook hands with Vladica during the negotiations for the transfer of players to the club. The pair have been involved in a number of tax breaks but have not paid taxes in their home countries, including Belgium and Spain. As described by a Belgian tax expert, this is a typical tax fraud case that has been widely circulated since 2014, according to Football Leaks documents.

Modric started his professional career at Dinamo Zagreb in 2003, and after impressing with his abilities, he was chased by Barcelona, ​​Arsenal, Chelsea and then moved to Tottenham in 2008. During Modric Arriving in London, his first representative was Zdravko Mamic was entangled in a round robin. The Croatian convict was sentenced to six and a half years in jail in May 2018 for having transferred half of the € 21 million transfer fee from Dinamo Zagreb to his private bank account. A few days before the verdict, Mamic fled to Bosnia & Herzegovina and appealed to the Supreme Court of Zagreb.

However, Mamic did not participate in the sale of Modric from Tottenham to Real in 2012 for 35 million euros. Football Leaks said the person involved in the affair was Davor Curkovic, Modric's new representative. On 10 May 2012, Curkovic signed a contract with a Belgian company called reINA BVBA. Content refers to the image copyright of Modric in the transfer deal. In 2010, the company was founded in Antwerp and it has very interesting links. On the outskirts of Antwerp, Vladica has a permanent home address since the 1990s. Half of the shares in Vladina's reina BVBA, 40% of his wife and daughter, and 10% belong to Dejan Mitrovic - one other representatives.

Real deal signed with Top Sports Consulting
Real deal signed with Top Sports Consulting

According to this contract, Curkovic was "the official representative of Modric" and he "agreed to transfer his rights / commissions in the transfer of Modric from Tottenham to any other club." Accordingly, Curkovic will allow reINA BVBA to collect the total amount of commission from the Modric deal from Tottenham to any other team by invoicing. August 26, 2012,

Tottenham and Real completed the Modric deal for € 35m. One day, Los Blancos chief executive Jose Angel Sanchez signed a secret deal with Vladica and Curkovic, both on behalf of the company. This deal brought Vladimir's reina 2 million euros to represent "negotiating and enforcing a labor contract and image" between Modric and Real. In 2012, Modric set up a Luxembourg-based Ivano-based company, where his 15% salary in Real was hidden in the form of image rights. Due to this, Modric paid an extra 1.4 million euros in fees and fines to the Spanish tax authority, and accepted an eight month probation in September.

Reversed in 2014, when Modric gets Real pay raise for the first time, Vladica has moved to receive his money from Belgium to Bosnia. The first contract of Modric in Spain is 5.6 million euros per year excluding bonuses, extending to the 2016/17 season. However, there is still money for the secret image paid to Modric's company in Luxembourg, worth nearly 1 million euros a year. In total, Modric earns 6.6 million euros annually. But on 20/8/2014, Modric signed new Real deal, helping to improve the remuneration to 50%, equivalent to 8.4 million euros / season has not rewarded, the deadline to the end of 2017/18. Image copyright continues to be paid separately, up to 1.5 million euros per year. This means that Modric's salary is 10 million euros a year. However, more than a month later, on September 30, 2014, Real signed a secret deal with Top Sports Consulting, a Zoran company registered in Banja Luka. The fee for the modric extension of the contract is 2.4 million euros, paid in 3 years (800,000 euros per year).