Roman Abramovich is chasing £15million-rated Croat
midfielder Luka Modric in a bid to make Chelsea more entertaining.
Abramovich sent one of his senior scouts to Skopje last night to
watch long-time Arsenal target Modric play for Croatia in their
Euro 2008 qualifier against Macedonia.
Modric, 22, plays for Dinamo Zagreb and is regarded as one of the
most gifted European players. Chelsea believe he can achieve for
them what Elano has done for Manchester City as Abramovich tries to
shake off the 'boring Chelsea' tag gained under Jose
Mourinho.
Arsene Wenger has monitored Modric for a year and sees him as a
successor to Inter Milan target Tomas Rosicky. But Zagreb refused
to sell him in the summer to quell a revolt from fans unhappy that
Eduardo had joined Arsenal.
