Croatia coach Slaven Bilic has announced his 23-man squad for this summer's Euro 2008 tournament in Switzerland and Austria.

Portsmouth's Niko Kranjcar, Manchester City's Vedran Corluka and Tottenham's £16.5m signing from Dynamo Zagreb, Luka Modric, make up the Premier League contingent in the squad, which includes Werder Bremen striker Ivan Klasnic.

Klasnic underwent a kidney transplant last year and caps a remarkable recovery as one of five forwards included.

Bilic signed a new two-year deal to lead the Croatian national team on Monday, following months of protracted negotiations. The former West Ham United player is said to have demanded better facilities and higher salaries for himself and his training staff.

His new contract begins on August 1st, putting pay to rumours linking him with the potentially vacant position at Manchester City if Sven-Goran Erikkson is dismissed.

Croatia will face Germany, Poland and Austria in group A when Euro 2008 gets underway in June.

CROATIA SQUAD FOR EURO 2008

Goalkeepers: Stipe Pletikosa (Spartak Moscow), Vedran Runje(RC Lens), Mario Galinovic (Panathinaikos)

Defenders: Vedran Corluka (Manchester City), Dario Simic (AC Milan), Robert Kovac (Borussia Dortmund), Josip Simunic (Hertha Berlin), Dario Knezevic (Livorno), Hrvoje Vejic (Tom Tomsk)

Midfielders: Danijel Pranjic (Heerenveen), Darijo Srna (Shakhtar Donetsk), Niko Kovac (Salzburg), Luka Modric (Dinamo Zagreb/Tottenham), Niko Kranjcar (Portsmouth), Jerko Leko (Monaco), Ivan Rakitic (Schalke 04), Ognjen Vukojevic (Dinamo Zagreb), Nikola Pokrivac (Monaco)

Forwards: Mladen Petric (Borussia Dortmund), Ivica Olic (Hamburg SV), Ivan Klasnic (Werder Bremen), Igor Budan (Parma), Nikola Kalinic (Hajduk Split)

Will Tidey / Reuters