New Real Madrid player Luka Modric from Croatia waves during his official presentation at the Bernabeu stadium in Madrid on Monday, Aug. 27, 2012. Modric passed his routine medical before being presented to a small gathering at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium where he signed a contract to conclude the deal that came at a reported cost of euro 35 million (US $44 million) to Madrid.(AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)