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Report: Champions League winner joining Milan after snubbing Aston Villa and West Ham
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Mario Mandzukic is closing in on a move to AC Milan after turning down the chance to join Aston Villa and West Ham United, according to Tuttomercatoweb.
The Villans and Hammers may have taken the league by storm this season, sitting just six points adrift of the Champions League places after a fine start to 2020/21, but it seems Mandzukic’s arm was not for twisting.
According to Gianluca di Marzio, the 34-year-old free agent rejected the chance to play Premier League football for the first time in his storied career, turning down offers from Aston Villa and West Ham after bringing a premature end to a forgettable stint with Al Duhail.
‘New Luka Modric’ linked with Leeds has 10 goals and 9 assists this season
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Luka Modric may be the master of ‘assisting the assist’ but, when he was merely a fresh-faced, playmaking puppy at Dinamo Zagreb, it was his job to finish chances as well as create them.
In a devastating final season at the Croatian giants before sealing that £16 million move to Tottenham Hotspur, Modric produced a career-best 17 goals from a number 10 role.
And if Lovro Majer really is the heir apparent to Real Madrid’s living legend, and many in Eastern Europe believe he may just be, the latest Croatian wonderkid to emerge at the capital club is certainly heading in the right direction.