It's official: Luka Modric will play for Actual Madrid on the age of 39 after renewing his contract in the present day, till 2025. Simply what he wanted to place the icing on high of a utopian profession, because the Spanish newspaper characteristically experiences ” AS”.
He’ll surpass Puskas and grow to be the oldest participant within the membership's historical past. Puskas performed in a Cup match on the age of 39 years and 36 days (in opposition to Betis, 1966), a milestone that Modric will surpass if he performs from 17 October.
Modric is already the oldest in LaLiga however, with this rating, he would be the oldest in all competitions. And at 38, who will flip 39 on September 13, he nonetheless has the power to go on. And he’ll do it for an additional yr.
It must be famous that Luka Modric accepted a wage discount of about half. A pacesetter within the dressing room and Ancelotti will depend on him on vital nights however, in a yr of greater than 70 video games and with robust competitors he’ll typically be a substitute.
And Modric has made it clear: that received't be an issue, even when he stays formidable to indicate he can all the time be a starter.
That is how he’ll dwell his first season after Kroos, remaining the final standing of the “Holy Trinity”, from which Casemiro left first.
