Rio Ferdinand has disclosed that he has almost convinced Luka Modric to be a part of Manchester United rather than Real Madrid. However, the hierarchy had already agreed on a deal with some other player. The star player of Croatia left Tottenham for Bernabeu only over a decade ago, in the summer of 2012, and had a shining career, which included five Champion League titles and also a Ballon d’Or.
Now, Ferdinand, the former defender of United has revealed that he tried attracting the midfielder maestro to Man Utd. But the deal failed to be successful after Sir Alex Ferguson planned to sign Shinji Kagawa. Commenting about Modric Ferdinand said that he said he spoke to him before going over to Real Madrid since that is what he used to use and he was the player’s agent. He was agent Rio before retiring. Read More