Real Madrid midfielder Luka Modric has renewed for one more season, the Madrid club announced on Wednesdaywith which the contract ended at the end of June.
“The Croatian is linked to our club until June 30, 2023,” said Real Madrid, with whom the Croatian had already renewed for a campaign in the summer of 2021.
His incombustible physique It has led him to sign a great campaign, culminating with the League and Champions titles, have carried his continuation for another year at 36 years.
The Croatian midfielder signed his renewal at the Real Madrid training center accompanied by the president of the club, Florentino Pérez, who gave him a shirt with his name on it with the number 2023 stamped on it.
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“I’m very happy, I feel very proud to continue wearing this shirt, I feel very excited, with the physique to continue competing at the highest level and I want to continue doing that at Real Madrid”, Modric stated in a statement released by the white team.
“I’ve been saying it for a long time, Real Madrid is my club and in my head I was just staying here”, he added.
Modric will thus complete eleven seasons at the merengue club, in which He has become a fundamental piece of the midfield, along with Casemiro and Toni Kroos, since his arrival from Tottenham in August 2012 for €35 million ($37.7 million).
The Spanish press had been taking it for granted for some time that the Croatian would renew for another year after an excellent campaign.
“The club and I are talking, but we have a good relationship,” assured Modric on the day open to the media prior to the Champions League final, in what was interpreted as the renewal being practically on track.
Ⓜ️ of Ⓜ️agia and Ⓜ️odrić! @ lukamodric10 | # Modrić2023 pic.twitter.com/1uAuKwHXQC
— Real Madrid CF (@realmadrid) June 8, 2022
“I have said many times that I want to finish my career at Real Madrid. I feel good, but I don’t think much about the future, I’m focused on the present”Modric had added.
Praised on several occasions by his coach Carlo Ancelotti, the Italian had also been convinced that he could continue to count on the Croatian.
“Luka is going to finish his career at Real Madrid, although I don’t know when, it’s everyone’s idea. He has no problem renewing, neither we, the club nor himself, it is clear ”, assured ‘Carletto’ on April 16 at a press conference.
🤳 The message of @ lukamodric10 after its renovation! # Modrić2023 pic.twitter.com/PXPhT35jCe
— Real Madrid CF (@realmadrid) June 8, 2022
“He is a player who takes great care of himself and has hardly had any major injuries in his career, he is a football legend. Maldini won a Champions League at 40 years old and I compare him to him because of his seriousness and how they understand football”added the merengue technician.
Modric, who has played 436 games in the white shirt, just two less than Cristiano Ronaldo, played 45 games this season, scoring three goals and providing ten assists.
🤍✖✍✖🤝✖👕@ lukamodric10 | # Modrić2023 pic.twitter.com/WDxpKfQoGL
— Real Madrid CF (@realmadrid) June 8, 2022
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