I see a lot of praise for him.
For now, he is on my list on idiots and players whom I hate from Croatia, together with braindead Rebic and eternal shit of a striker Kramaric.
He'll need 100 good games to compensate for the shit which he made at Euro 2000 in a match against Spain:
2:1 for Spain, his player scored an easy header
3:1 the dumbest fuck up, he was drinking water, the Spain played a somewhat asshole counterattack while the players were drinking water. But still, he was miles from his position and when he caught his players, he was dribbled past as if he is a ghost:
So, miles from a finished product and a sure deal.
Also, I remember his post-match interviews after every match on Euros, and he has some weird: "no big deal, everything is fine, it will be better" type of answers and vibe.
For example, Croatia lost:
Ok, we lost, but we are soooo strong, we will surely win the next match.
We don't win the next match, his answer: Ok, we didn't win, but we are soooo strong, there is no way that we won't win the next match.
He makes tons of mistakes: ok, we lost but it'll get better the next time.
The guy is huge, his physique looks impressive, he has some nice technical skills, but I am not too sure about his concentration and he lacks some aggression.
As Raketa10 said, he is modest, but something is off about him for me.
When you see him, he looks huge with his height, muscles and beard.
But when he speaks, you see a 15 year old shy and modest boy.
I don't know, something is just weird.