Lovren also skips October qualifiers, Mitrović joins

In agreement with Croatia head coach Ante Čačić, Dejan Lovren will miss October international action due to back injury sustained in a Swansea - Liverpool league match.

Coach Čačić has decided to call up Rijeka defender Matej Mitrović instead.

Meanwhile, Croatia captain and Real Madrid midfielder, Luka Modrić, had a successful left knee surgery on Sunday in Madrid. 

Modrić will start his recovery process immediately, and he is expected to return in a few weeks' time.

Copyright by Croatian Football Federation. Quoting text from this article is granted subject to appropriate credit being given to HNS as a source and providing direct link to the original content at hns.family. Re-use of the photographs is not permitted.