The curious case of Luka Modric — football's Benjamin Button

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Luka Modrić is football's Benjamin Button. The now 37-year-old continues to dazzle in Real Madrid's midfield, his play style unchanged. How does it he do it?

Despite his age, Modric’s playing style has not changed.

His role has stayed largely similar since 2017-18, but there are even certain aspects of Modric’s game that have improved as he has pushed on into his fourth decade. That is shown in the graphic below, which usesSmarterscout gives players a series of ratings from zero and 99, relating to either how often they perform a given stylistic action , or how effective they are at it compared with others at their position.

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