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The Guardian // Sport // Football

Football Daily | Welcome to Swansea: Luka Modric joins the top table of celebrity Jacks

Tuesday 15th April 2025, 2:17PM

Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now!With bitter rivals Cardiff in the Championship drop zone and their club comfortably ensconced in mid-table after three wins put paid to any lingering relegation concerns, Swansea City fans could have been forgiven for being delighted even before news broke that Luka Modric had become a minority shareholder in their club. While he may lack the Hollywood glamour of Catherine Zeta-Jones and the comedy chops of podcasting’s Elis James, by investing in the Welsh club the Real Madrid and Croatia legend has immediately catapulted himself into a VIP place at the top table of celebrity Jacks.Your lead piece about the Premier League’s end-of-season whimper (yesterday’s Football Daily) should not cause fans to lose heart. As Liverpool sleepwalk towards their 20th crown, simply cast your eyes down a little to the battle atop the Championship. Four games to go … Leeds and Burnley both on 88 points … Sheffield United ‘wobbling’ a-la Forest in third place as demonstrated by their defeat at bottom club Plymouth the other day … the playoffs to come … and lo!! The relegation battle is also not yet a fait accompli. Football lives!” – Allastair McGillivray.Watching Vítor Pereira bringing the vibes to a Wolverhampton Wetherspoons (

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