Slaven Bilic met up with his favourite player again last night - to hand over his fourth consecutive Croatian Player of the Year award.



Bilic and Modric pose with the Real star's fourth-consecutive award



Coric receives his award from former Leeds and Australia striker Mark Viduka

Real Madrid star Luka Modric was handed the award by West Ham manager Bilic during the ceremony, which was staged in Zagreb.But despite being linked with a string of his fellow countrymen in recent weeks and months, the Hammers boss is unlikely to be able to persuade the 30-year-old - who he has often cited as one of his favourite players - to leave the Bernabeu Stadium for the Olympic Stadium.Currently valued at close to EUR40million by Transfer Markt, Modric thanked all those who had voted for him."I can only express my gratitude to all my Croatian colleagues and coaches who awarded me this prestigious award again," he said. "But if the award went to Ivan Rakitic or Ivan Perisic, who were both nominated, it would be fully deserved, because they both had a great season too."The award for Young Croatian Player of the Year (under 21s) went to Ante Coric, who is currently being linked with a move to West Ham. "I thank everyone for the award," said Coric during his acceptance speech."I debuted for the national team [last season] and I am very happy because of that. Now all I am thinking of is Dinamo and the Euros in France."The full list of winners from last night's awards was as follows:Player of the Year - Luka Modrić (Real Madrid)League Player of the Year - Marko Pjaca (Dinamo Zagreb)Young Player of the Year - Marko Pjaca (Dinamo Zagreb)Goalkeeper of the Year - Lovre Kalinić (Hajduk Split)Coach of the Year - Zoran Mamić (Dinamo Zagreb)Referee of the Year - Bruno MarićSpirit of Football Award - Davor VugrinecFirst Division Team of the Year -Livaković, Tomečak, Le?ković, Mitrović, Leovac, Ademi, Pavičić, Ćorić, Pjaca, Henriquez, Radonjić