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Modric gave away 50 Rolex watches to his Real and Croatia team-mates in 2018
A former colleague of Luka Modric has revealed that when the Croatian won the Ballon d’Or in 2018, he wanted to thank his Real Madrid team-mates and the national team by handing over 50 Rolex watches, which cost him around 1.8 million euros to have.
2018 was one of the best years of his career Luke Modricafter winning the Champions League with Real, he reached the final of that year’s World Cup with Croatia – but lost to France – and won the Ballon d’Or.
The 37-year-old felt the need to truly thank the people who he believes have contributed to this year’s successes and those who have helped him become a top footballer.
As the former partner of Croatia international Simon Bastiansen revealed after the Ballon d’Or awards ceremony, he bought and gave away 50 Rolex watches to his team-mates and people from Real and Croatia.
A change that cost Modric around 1.8 million euros. “Modric bought 50 Rolex watches after winning the Ballon d’Or and gifted them to his Real and Croatia teammates and staff. Even the drivers got one”, said Bastiansen.
Source: sport 24
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Pedri will be sidelined for a long time due to injury and his presence in the second leg against Real in the Copa del Rey semi-finals is highly questionable.
His reappearance Pedri It’s expected to take extra weeks as both Barcelona and the young midfielder don’t want to risk the possibility of a relapse. In fact, as Mundo Deportivo report, it will be very difficult for him to be available for the Spanish Cup rematch against Real on April 5 at the Camp Nou.
The 20-year-old central midfielder injured his right thigh in the first leg of the Europa League round of 16 play-offs against Manchester United on February 16 and has been out since.
The Spaniard has missed seven of the Catalans’ games so far and there is no rush as Barcelona lead La Liga by 12 points and have taken the lead for qualifying after a 1-0 first-leg win.
Source: sport 24
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El Mundo revealed some of the lavish gifts Negreira gave the referees with the money he received from Barcelona. Toasters, wines, tickets, blankets, sumptuous meals were some of them.
Barcelona will join two of their former presidents, Josep Maria Bartomeu and Sandro Rochelle, in the dock in the Negreira case.
Negreira is said to have received almost €7,000,000 from 2001 to July 2018 to act as Barcelona’s adviser in arbitration proceedings, the club and the referee’s claim.
El Mundo released different bills and revealed the different ones he presented generous gifts to the referees with the money secured by Negreira from the Catalan club.
Top referees received from From football tickets, umbrellas and bags to toasters, wines, blankets, trousers and sumptuous meals.
Lots of bills show that Negreira took the opportunity to invite the referees to lunch in well-known restaurants in Madrid and Barcelona, where he paid more than 2,000 euros.
Source: sport 24
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Ederson has claimed that Carlo Ancelotti is very likely to take over the Brazil national team and said he spoke to the Italian manager’s Real Madrid players and La Seleção team-mates Casemiro, Vinicius and Militao.
Brazil are looking for their next coach following the departure of Tite after the end of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
His name last February Carlo Ancelotti is linked to the Seleção, ESPN reports that the Real Madrid coach will be in charge of the national team from July 2023.
A few hours later, however, the country’s football association denied the report.
A month later, Manchester City’s Brazilian goalkeeper Ederson stated that the Italian technician was very likely to become the team’s new manager.
“I spoke to Casemiro, Vinicius and Militao. It is very likely that Carlo Ancelotti will become Brazil’s new coach.
We will try to eliminate Real so they can come to Brazil as soon as possible.” he said smiling and added:
“I’ve been told he’s brilliant, everyone likes him, he’s a winner. We’ll see if that’s the case in the near future.”
Source: sport 24
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