It is an important page in the history of Real Madrid which is about to turn. This Thursday, Luka Modric announced that he would not extend with the Merengue. Arrived in 2012 from Tottenham, the Croatian midfielder will have won everything with Madrid. He will play a last competition with the Club World Cup then he will go, proud of the work accomplished during his thirteen Madrid seasons.
Luka Modric therefore unveiled information on his social networks himself. “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 Bernabeu. »» And the footballer to continue: “Playing for Real Madrid changed my life as a footballer and as a person. »»
In 2018, Luka Modric won the Ballon d'Or despite defeat in the World Cup final against France by Antoine Griezmann.
The thirty-nine-year-old also took care to thank President Florentino Perez and all the supporters, he who would have been kindly re-stacked a year but according to
MarcaReal preferred to stop there and not include the Croatian in his new project more focused on generational renewal in the midfield.
A crazy list with Real Madrid
The 2018 vice-champion champion is simply huge with Madrid. Six Champions Leagues, four liga, four Spanish Super Cups, two King's Cups or five European Super Cups. And many other trophies. On a personal level, Luka Modric also reached the Grail by raising the 2018 Ballon d'Or trophy.
It is therefore the end of the Merengue adventure for Luka Modric, but perhaps not the end of his career since he said nothing in his message. It remains to be seen if he will want to afford a last freelance. And where.
