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Luka Modric perjury charges dropped, court confirms

Perjury charges against Real Madrid and Croatia midfielder Luka Modric have been dropped, a Croatian court has confirmed.

Modric was charged with perjury in March in a case relating to the tax fraud trial of former Dinamo Zagreb director Zdravko Mamic.

He was alleged to have given a "false testimony" in June last year as authorities investigated his 2008 transfer from Dinamo to Tottenham

Being found guilty of the crime could have led to a jail term as long as five years for 33-year-old Modric, potentially ending his football career.

But on Monday, it was announced that Zagreb's County Court has upheld a ruling by the city's Municipal Court, which quashed Modric's indictment.