5/ 5/2008
CROATIA coach Slaven Bilic, linked with the City manager's job, has signed a new contract keeping him in charge of his national side until the 2010 World Cup.
Bilic has also named his 23-man squad for the Euro 2008 championships, with Blues defender Vedran Corluka taking a place as expected.
The squad also includes Werder Bremen forward Ivan Klasnic, who was only recalled to the national team in March 2008 following his return from a kidney transplant.
Squad: Pletikosa (Spartak Moscow), Runje (Lens), Galinovic (Panathinaikos); Corluka (Manchester City), Simic (AC Milan), Robert Kovac (Borussia Dortmund), Simunic (Hertha Berlin), Knezevic (Livorno), Vejic (Tom Tomsk); Pranjic (Heerenveen), Srna (Shakhtar Donetsk), Niko Kovac (Salzburg), Modric (Dinamo Zagreb), Kranjcar (Portsmouth), Leko (Monaco), Rakitic (Schalke), Vukojevic (Dinamo Zagreb), Pokrivac (Monaco); Petric (Borussia Dortmund), Olic (Hamburg), Klasnic (Werder Bremen), Budan (Parma), Kalinic (Hajduk Split).
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