Why Real Madrid & Croatia Midfielder Luka Modric Deserved to Win the 2018 Ballon d'Or

d'Or ​If France Football has any integrity, and wishes to continue its longstanding tradition of reputability and merit, then it had to give Luka Modric the Ballon d'Or at Monday night's ceremony in Paris.  It's as simple as that. The Croat had already picked up FIFA's precursory 'The Best' award and was the prevailing favourite for the award. But, as Francis Ford Coppola found out at the 1973 Academy Awards, or Orson Welles in 1941, or Wesley Sneijder in 2010, this doesn't guarantee anything.... Via All the latest breaking football news, transfer rumours, analysis, and match reports - 90min http://www.90min.com/