Most of the time he looks serious, but he is also a funny guy.
No food for us.
He’s the one who has written history many times.
Oh, definitely we win the Premier League.
Or maybe the Treble. Who knows?
Hi fans, it’s Josko.
And this is my Croatian Premier League 11.
If you had to guess how many Croatians have played in the Premier League.
What would you guess?
28.
29! - 29? Ah!
Let’s say, before you.
And then that's equal, right? - Okay. Yeah.
You’re a country that does very well at football, for such a small country, right.
It is just incredible, what they’ve done in 2018. In Russia, World Cup.
And as well four years later in Qatar.
It’s unbelievable, yeah.
Would you say there’s a quality that Croatian footballers generally have?
Yeah, we are just all together. We are sticking all together.
And yeah, we believe in each other on the pitch.
Yeah, I’m going to start with the goalie.
[Lovre] Kalinić.
[Dejan] Lovren, as a right defender.
Especially I played with him at the last World Cup.
It was a good thing for me, because he’s the one with experience.
At that time I was pretty young, and there is of course,
some kind of fear, you know, just the first few games.
So, yeah.
Yes, I need to put [Vedran] Ćorluka. The other one.
Ćorluka.
At the moment, he’s the assistant coach, in the national team.
And he does set pieces,
videos, and it’s good that he’s a part of the national team for me.
He had an incredible career and I can learn a lot of things from him as well.
So I’m going to put myself on the left side. As a full-back.
When I was young I played as well, as a left back.
Also as a number six.
I mean I changed a lot of positions.
And then at the end, at the age of 19, I was,
I started to play as a central defender.
It’s just my position. It suits me perfect.
[Slaven] Bilić, yeah.
Mateo [Kovačić].
He’s a good guy,
It’s good to have someone next to you.
Especially the first few weeks.
But, I have to say that,
he’s really strong on the ball.
A funny guy. A funny guy as well.
I didn’t expect this.
I expect that from... - He looks serious.
Yeah, most of the time he'll look serious, but he's also a funny guy.
Okay, so Mateo, the other day I had an interview and I was asked,
How many players have played in the Premier League?
So the answer is 29.
- 29?
29. And what was my answer? 28?
But you cannot guess them, not the players?
No! Of course not.
[Luka] Modrić, now.
He’s the one who, I would say, changed the view of the national team.
And he’s the one who has written history many times.
And yeah, I’m really grateful to play with him, on the pitch.
And as well to learn a lot of things.
[Niko] Kranjčar.
So I’m going to put, [Davor] Šuker, on the top.
They won the 1998,
third place in the World Cup as well.
A brilliant player with the ball.
[Ivan] Perišić on the left.
And on the right,
[Nikica] Jelavić.
If we dropped that into the Premier League this season,
how’s it doing?
Definitely we win the Premier League.
Or maybe the Treble. Who knows?
Okay, fantastic. - Yeah, maybe we...
Challenging City for the Treble.
Maybe we will struggle a little bit on the left side with me and Perišić.
Hi fans, it’s Josko.
And this is my Croatian Premier League 11.