Luka Modric owns Swansea City – level 2
18-04-2025 07:00
Luka Modric is now an investor and co-owner of Swansea City, a football club in the English Championship.
He plays for Real Madrid and is the captain of Croatia. Modric played at Tottenham before and won the Ballon d’Or in 2018.
He also helped Real Madrid win many big trophies. He feels happy to join Swansea and wants to use his football knowledge to help the team. Swansea started to have problems after leaving the Premier League in 2018. Some fans think Modric’s help can make the team stronger. They also hope his name can bring good players to the club.
More famous people are putting money into English football. People think Modric wants to be part of that. Many fans believe he can do something good for Swansea now or in the future.
Difficult words: investor (a person or company who gives money to help a business grow), co-owner (a person who owns something with somebody else), knowledge (things you know and understand because you have experience with them).
You can watch the original video in the Level 3 section.
In what ways might Modric’s past achievements with clubs like Real Madrid and Tottenham help the team overcome its difficulties since leaving the Premier League in 2018?
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