How Luka Modric and Dejan Lovren got caught up in Croatian corruption case

Modric is facing the prospect of jail time while Lovren could be charged over a scandal that has already taken down Zdravko Mamic – the most powerful figure in Croatian football

On Wednesday afternoon, Zdravko Mamic, considered the most powerful figure in Croatian football, was found guilty on a set of charges that includes making illegal personal profits on player transfers from Dinamo Zagreb. The county court in Osijek ruled that the players in question, namely Luka Modric and Dejan Lovren, were unlawfully paid 50% of the transfer fees that Dinamo received for their services from Tottenham Hotspur and Lyon respectively, only to forward most of that money to Mamic, who was a Dinamo executive at the time, and his family.

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