Luka Modric announced yesterday that he would leave Real Madrid after the Club World Cup. “Time has come. The moment I would never have wanted to see arriving, but it is football, and in life, everything has a start and an end … Saturday, I will play my last match at the Santiago Bernabéu. I arrived in 2012 with the hope of wearing the jersey for the best team in the world and the ambition to do great things, but I could not have imagined what was going to follow. Playing for Real Madrid changed my life as a footballer and a person. I am proud to have been part of one of the most successful eras of the best club in history. ”
But according to the Cadena Serthe 39 -year -old Croatian tried everything to stay a year more within Casa Blanca, he who wishes to hang up the crampons after the 2026 World Cup. Indeed, Spanish radio explains that he called Xabi Alonso to try to know more about his project and offer him to continue with the Madrid team. But the response of Florentino Pérez and the management was rather clear since they let him know that they would not pursue the adventure with him.