Basketball is my number one - Gvardiol
Josko Gvardiol's £77m move to Manchester City from RB Leipzig in August 2023 made him the second-most expensive defender of all time.
But the 23-year-old Croatia international revealed he nearly quit his "dream" career in football when playing for Dinamo Zagreb.
"I was thinking about quitting because I like basketball as well," the centre-back told BBC Sport.
Aged 16 and struggling to get game time for Zagreb's youth team, Gvardiol considered avenues away from football.
