Kusvika kwemutungamiriri mutsva Julen Lopetegui muna Nyamavhuvhu 2018 akaona Modrić achipiwa kudzoka kwakasimba kuchikwata chekutanga semutsivi nekuda kwekushayikwa kwake kwekudzidzira pre-mwaka mushure meNdebe yeNyika ya2018. Izvi zvaisanganisira kuoneka kunotsiva mukurasikirwa kwechikwata chake ne 2 <unk> 4 mushure mekuwedzera nguva kurwisa Atlético Madrid muEFAFA Super Cup
. Kutanga kwake kwemwaka kwakauya musi wa1 Gunyana mukukunda 4-1 kumba vachipesana neLeganés, kwaakabatsira chinangwa chechitatu chechikwata chake, chakapihwa naKarim Benzema. Kuonekwa kwake kwezana mumakwikwi emakirabhu eUEFA kwakauya musi wa19 Gunyana mukukunda 3-0 kumba vachipesana neRoma, kwaakabatsira chinangwa chechipiri, chakapihwa naGareth Bale. Musi wa22 Zvita, Modrić akahwina mukombe wake wechitatu weFIFA Club World Cup, achihwina chibodzwa chekutanga uye achibatsira wechitatu mumutambo wekupedzisira neAl Ain. Musi wa13 na19 Ndira 2019, Modrić kekutanga akarova mumitambo miviri yakateedzana yeligi yeReal Madrid, mukukunda 1<unk>2 kure neReal Betis uye 2<unk>0 kumba kuhwina Sevilla. Mumwedzi mumwe chetewo akabatanidzwa muEFAFA Team of the Year (2018) kechitatu mubasa rake. Kubva 27 Kukadzi kusvika 5 Kurume, Modrić akapfuura neizvo zvaakarondedzera se "vhiki rakaomesesa rehupenyu hwake hwebhora", neReal Madrid ichirasikirwa neBarcelona kaviri uye Ajax uye ichidonha kubva kuCopa del Rey, zita rekumhanya uye Champions League, zvichiteerana. Pasinei nokuva nemwaka wakaipa, kwenguva yechishanu yakatevedzana akabatanidzwa muFIFA FIFPro World XI.