Luka Modric has completed a Uefa and Fifa double of individual prizes after collecting the latter’s Best Men’s Player award.

Modric was included on a three-man shortlist and triumphed against competition from Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah and former Real Madrid team-mate Cristiano Ronaldo.

The 33-year-old was a star performer as Croatia reached their first World Cup final and his performances at Russia 2018 saw him win the Golden Ball for the tournament’s best player.

Congratulations, Luka Modric 👑
Winner of #TheBest FIFA Men’s Player 2018 🏆#FIFAFootballAwards pic.twitter.com/D489MswXug

— #TheBest (@FIFAcom) September 24, 2018

And Modric, who was linked with a move to Inter during the transfer window, added another individual honour at Fifa’s Best Awards on Monday.

Lionel Messi was a notable absentee from the final three-man shortlist and neither he or Ronaldo were present at the ceremony in London.

Modric is tipped to end Messi and Ronaldo’s decade-long dominance of the Ballon d’Or, with the winner of that award announced later in the year.