Luka Modric Revives Swansea's Dream

Former Real Madrid star Luka Modric, now playing for Milan, has played a key role in transforming Swansea City.

According to "Verzeh Se", Modric joined the team as an investor and co-owner in April 2025 and announced that he wants to use his valuable experience to grow the club and build a bright future.

Swansea, which spent a golden period in the Premier League between 2011-18 and won the League Cup in 2012-13, is now on its way back to its peak days.

The Welsh Swans are currently leading the Championship with 20 points from 9 matches, which is the best start in the club's history after the 3-point-for-win rule. They have established their position at the top of the table by creating a decent point gap over rivals such as Middlesbrough and West Ham.

The turning point of this great leap was the presence of Jurgen Klopp's former assistant Vitor Matus on the coaching bench. Matos took over the team in November 2025 in the 20th place and on the verge of relegation, but with a significant improvement, he finished the season in the 11th place and extended his contract until 2030. He has established a coherent structure by maintaining the skeleton of the team and paying special attention to the academy. In addition to keeping its main scorer, the club attracted new players with proper investment and added useful loan players to the team.

The team under the guidance of Matos offers an attacking and possessive style of play that reminds of the brilliant era of the style known as Swansea. Swansea has the most passes in the league with 4845 passes and is the second team in terms of ball possession with an average of 59.4%. In addition to the prolific attack line, they also have a great performance in the defense line. By receiving only 7 goals, Swansea has the best defense line in the league, and by registering 4 clean sheets and successfully executing the offside trap, it has grounded the opponents so that the fans can dream of promotion under the guidance of Matos and the support of Modric.