The club that created Croatia’s World Cup team - Dinamo Zagreb’s Amazing Sold Players XI

Midfielders - Luka Modric (Real Madrid), Mateo Kovacic (Real Madrid) and Marcelo Brozovic (Inter Milan)

Kovacic has played with both Modric and Brozovic at the club level

Luka Modric and Mateo Kovacic are both graduates of Dinamo Zagreb academy and are also teammates at Real Madrid. Brozovic, on the other hand, played for Zagreb for three seasons after a season each with Hrvatski Dragovoljac and Lokomotiva.

Modric played 128 games for Zagreb scoring 32 goals and winning 6 trophies before moving to Spurs in the Premier League. His reputation enhanced at Spurs which prompted Real Madrid to sign him in 2012 and at Real Madrid, he has easily become one of the best in his position, if not the best.

The 32-year-old is currently the captain of his country and has played 108 games for Croatia which is the third highest in the all-time appearance list.

Modric’s club-mate, Mateo Kovacic, played 73 games for Zagreb before joining Inter Milan and he briefly shared the dressing room with Marcelo Brozovic at Inter.

Kovacic is still only 24 and is considered Modric’s long-term replacement for both club and country. He has already played 43 games for Croatia and 109 games for Real Madrid.

Brozovic and Kovacic were also teammates at Zagreb for a few months before the latter moved to Inter. Brozovic followed him to the same club in January 2015 and has been with the Italian giants since.

He has played 112 games for Inter scoring 17 times and also represented Croatia 37 times, scoring 6 goals.