Real Madrid extended Luka Modric's contract for another year on Monday, keeping intact the midfield that helped the club win a record-extending 14th European title this season. (More Football News)
Luka Modric will be playing an 11th season with Real Madrid after j𓃲oining from English club Tottenham Hotspur🍃 in 2012.
Real Madrid extended Luka Modric's contract for another year on Monday, keeping intact the midfield that helped the club win a record-extending 14th European title this season. (More Football News)
The 36-year-old Croatian signed a new deal with the Spanish club until June 2023 and will return to play alongside Toni Kroos and Casemiro, the trio that helped Madrid win five🐽 Champions League titlꦜes in the last nine seasons.
“Very happy to announce that I will conti🥃nue playing for the best club in the world,” Modric said on Twitter and Instagram.
“I've been fulfilling a dream for the last 10 seasons, and 🦩I remain with the same exci𒁏tement and desire from the first day.”
Posing in front of theﷺ 14 European titles won by Madrid, Modric held a club jersey with his name and the number 2023.
Modric will be playing an 11th season with Madr🐬id after joining from English club Tottenham in 2012. He helped Madrid win 20 titles, including five Champions Leagues and three Spanish leagu✨es.
Financial details for Modric's new contract wer﷽e not disclosed. His current deal was going to expire at the end o🥂f this month.
Madrid is keeping Modric but is already looking to refresh its midfield, as Kr💦oos is 32 years old, and Casemiro is 30.
Last season, Madrid signed 19-year-old Eduardo Camavinga from Rennes, a✤nd now it is close to announcing an agreement with 22-year-old Aurélien Tchouaméni from Monaco. Camavinga played often this season, as did 23-year-old Federico Valverde, who has been with the senior team since 2018.
Madrid saved money in recent transfer windows and is expected to boost its attack after missin🌺g out on signing Kylian Mbappé, the young France forward who preferred to stay at Paris Saint-Germain.
Gareth Bale and Francisco Iscꦐo are not staying with the Spanish club next season, and Marco Asencio 🦂is also expected to leave.
To boost its defense, Madrid recently signed former Chelsea central defender Antonio Rüdiger on a free transfer. It had added former Bayern Munich central defender David Alaba last season🦩. Veteran left back Marcelo is leaving the club.
Madrid won a record-extending 35th Spanish leꩵague title this season.