Luka modric extended contract last last month May. The Croatian and the Real Madrid agreed to keep their paths together until June 30, 2022. The footballer accepted a salary cut that other footballers rejected, such as Sergio Ramos, in order to see his dream come true, which is none other than hanging up his boots in the club Bernabeu.
But Modric still sees that horizon far away. In fact, the Ballon d’Or 2018 looks fit to continue playing two or three more years, that is, until touching the barrier of 40 years (36 turned last September 9), a conviction based both on arguments purely football What physical. The player continues to be key at Real Madrid, despite the strength of young people like Fede Valverde or Eduardo Camavinga, and its performance is beyond question. Also, his form is even better than a few years ago, based on a strict plan of personal care that keeps you in perfect condition for the practice of elite football.
Luka Modric has always expressed his desire to hang up his boots in Madrid, and at the white club the idea is seductive. In fact, the club welcomes Modric’s continuity beyond the date that marks his current contract.. Obviously, it is too early for formal talks to have taken place on the matter, but Madrid are open to the idea of Modric’s continuity, based mainly on his exceptional performance sports. Last season, without going any further, he played 48 games, being one of the most used footballers by Zidane. And, although the present has just begun, the normal thing is that it ends up haunting similar records.
In addition to its sports benefits, Madrid is aware of the symbolic and sentimental value of Modric and his rise among the Madrid fans, who have one of his greats in the Croatian idols and references. A key player in the imperial cycle of the four of five Champions and the first to break the iron duopoly set by Messi and Christian in the fight for the Ballon d’Or.
‘Extra’ incentives
Modric’s priority is to stay in white. That award alone motivates the Croatian footballer in an extraordinary way, who also has two additional incentives on his sporting horizon. On the one hand, the possibility of ‘releasing’ the new Bernabéu, whose reform process should end by the end of 2022. The same date on which another of Modric’s great objectives is located, which is none other than his presence with Croatia in the Qatar World Cup. The World Cup event would put the finishing touch to Luka Modric’s international career, 142 games since 2006 with the world runner-up of Russia 2018 as the most remarkable achievement and great milestone in the history of the Balkan team.
