Croatian football club Dinamo today started the "operation to return Luka Modrić" to the club after his contract with Real Madrid expires on June 30, a source from Dinamo told Hina.
On Saturday, Dinamo leased a page in the Spanish sports newspaper "Marka" where they invited Luka Modrić to return to the club.
"It would make sense", it says in Croatian and Spanish under the large Dinamo jersey with the number 10 and the surname Modrić.
At the end of the ad, published on the seventh page, is the signature of the new president of Dinamo Velimir Zajec.
"We wanted it to officially ring out in the world that we want to return Luka to the club. From today we will start the operation to return him, of course if Luka wants it," said a source from Dinamo, asking to remain anonymous.
Modrić was in the youth team of Dinamo, and for the first team he played 80 games and scored 25 goals until the summer of 2008, when he moved to Tottenham.
Zajec, who became the president of Dinamo a month ago, met with Modrić before the departure of the Croatian national team for a friendly tournament in Egypt.
"It would make sense" is the campaign by which the currently second-placed team of the Croatian championship is trying to bring in the 38-year-old Real Madrid player.
Modric was not available for comment on Saturday. In earlier media appearances, he said that he would like to finish his career at Real Madrid and that he hopes to extend his contract, which expires in three months.
"For now, there is no news regarding the possible extension of the contract. The decision will be made at the end of the season. I hope they will extend the contract," said a Real Madrid official for Hina.
Modrić, captain of the Croatian national team, has won 24 trophies with Real Madrid since 2012.
This season, as part of the club's policy of rejuvenating the team, he lost his place in the starting line-up, but he still played 34 games. Real Madrid is the leading team of the Spanish championship.
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