Rodriguez would then choose himself over Luka Modric, Toni Kroos and Xavi Hernandez too. Colombia are currently fourth in the South American qualifiers table with six games to go, on 19 points.

Real Madrid have boasted plenty of ‘Galacticos’ on their books down the years, with former coach Jose Peseiro picking out his ...

Real Madrid midfielder Luka Modric believes Saturday's 5-0 drubbing of Deportivo La Coruna in La Liga in Zinedine Zidane's debut as coach shows the former Real and France great is the right man ...

He turns 35 next week but Modric still feels instrumental to this Real Madrid, his calm masking an inner-steel that is well-suited to Zidane and perhaps symbolic of the team as a whole.

He saw Modric running this Real Madrid team despite his age, and Zidane sees it too.

Zinedine Zidane is “untouchable” at Real Madrid and can become the Blancos’ version of Sir Alex Ferguson or Arsene Wenger, says Luka Modric.

Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane praised an evergreen Luka Modric after the 35-year-old midfielder produced a majestic display in a comfortable 3-1 win over Atalanta on Tuesday as the Spanish ...

Free-kick in a dangerous position for the away side. Long ball over from De Roon and Mendy clumsily fouls Rafael Toloi on the right-hand side of the box. Good opportunity for Atalanta here.

23 mins: Sublime from Modric 35-year-old Luka Modric sprints back with the vigour of a man 10 years his junior, tackles Mario Pasalic and calmly wins Real a throw-in in the corner under pressure.

Zidane benefited from the awesome reserves of talent he worked with during his first spell in charge, parlaying those talents into three UEFA Champions League wins and one La Liga trophy.

Modric, a Croatia international, said he was sorry for Rafa Benitez, sacked and replaced by Zidane last week after less than half a season in charge, but that somebody had needed to pay the price ...