Luka Modric it is like a rose. The veteran Croatian midfielder Real Madrid This season, at 36 years old, he is putting on an authentic exhibition of strength and football that makes him one more year a fundamental piece of the team Carlo Ancelotti.
the genius of Zadarwho will turn 37 in September, has more than earned another campaign at the merengue club, which he arrived in 2012 from Tottenham in a transfer of 35 million euros, which, in view of the exorbitant figures that are currently handled with other world cracks, is ‘peccata minuta’.
Modric he infects his companions with his permanent physical extravagance. He is in full swing, when other players in his ‘fifth’ are already retired or in their footballing decline. The Croatian international has enough energy to throw the team on his back when they paint coarse, as he did in the recent second legs of this Champions ante PSG y Chelsea in it Bernabeu.
His permanent hunger to win and his privileged physique keep him at a lofty level, key for the Real Madrid be about to sing the alirón in LaLiga and so that the Real Madrid dream of conquering the 14th European Cup of your story.
Modricable to win the Golden Ball in 2018 ending the hegemony starring Cristiano Ronaldo y Messi, is still in top form at 36 years old and it seems that he still has rope for a while. This season he is the seventh Madrid player with the most minutes on his legs (2,964) after Courtois, Militao, Alaba, Vinicius, Casemiro and Benzema. He has played 38 matches between League, Champions, Copa del Rey and Spanish Super Cup.
With the merengue shirt, the Croatian has played a total of 429 official matches, of which 367 have been as a starter (85.5%), and accumulates a total of 32,412 minutes A figure that clearly reflects its indispensable and indisputable condition in a Real Madrid which will soon reward you by renewing another season. In this way, the marriage would last until June 30, 2023.
The great desire Modric, who has an extraordinary resume, is to retire in white. Real Madrid hopes that it will be as late as possible to continue enjoying the carat football of its ‘Lock’, that continues to amaze locals and strangers. Watching him play on the pitch is undoubtedly a joy for all football fans.
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