Sergio Ramos, in limbo

2021 has radically changed Sergio Ramos' life, undoubtedly for the worse: the repeated injuries he has suffered have prevented him from playing regularly (Only five games and 395 minutes with Madrid since the start of the year) and to top it all that inactivity has cost him his place on Luis Enrique's list to represent Spain in the Eurocup. The Sevillian, captain of the national team and player who has worn La Roja the most times (180 games, 23 goals), he misses a great event after having attended the last four World Cups and the last three European Cups. And all this, with his future at Real Madrid in the air, now more than ever.

Ramos' contract with the white club expires on June 30; There are 37 days of relationship between player and entity, a period in which he will be on vacation, as the Madrid footballers are not expected to return to work before mid-July. The development of events has gone completely against Ramos, who hoped to be important in a successful end of the course for Madrid, and in the end neither one nor the other.

He has barely been able to play due to the injuries he has been causing and Madrid has fought to the end for the League and for the Champions League, but has perished on the shore in both cases; He was a semifinalist in Europe and has been second in the League, in which a goal from Valladolid against Atleti on the final day would have made him champion. In fact, if Ramos does not renew his contract with Madrid, his last memory in white will be the loss at Stamford Bridge against Chelsea. (2-0), in which Zidane's team was clearly inferior and he did not show his best level either, fresh out of injury. A very ugly ending potential for 16 years of career in Madrid in which he has won, among other things, five Leagues and four Champions.

Real Madrid's interest in Mbappé certainly has a collateral effect for Ramos. PSG does not hide that it feels interest in the Sevillian center-back, who at 35 has shown great level when the physicist has respected him. The Parisian club wants above all things to conquer the Champions League, which last year they lost in the same final in Lisbon against Bayern and that this season he escaped in the semifinals against Manchester City. Ramos' experience and seniority in the top continental competition (he has scored in two finals of the four he has played) they like Nasser Al Khelaifi very much to strengthen their ranks. If Mbappé ends up leaving, PSG will have a salary margin to fit the Ramos card, which in Madrid is 12 million net.

Madrid insists: year after year

Negotiations for the renewal of Sergio Ramos continue to halt, after Madrid's initial offer (a season with a 10% drop in salary as is being requested from the rest of the squad) was rejected by Beds. The white captain and the Spanish national team consider that, despite his 35 years, has shown sufficient physical strength to prove that he will be able to play two more years at the highest level.

However, the cataract of injuries he has suffered since January 2021 has weakened this argument from Ramos and it has reinforced the position of Madrid, which insists that players who are over 30 years old and who end their contracts must be renewed year after year, as has happened with Modric. The Croat also ends on June 30, but has already agreed to extend his relationship for one more year, so he would end his career in white nearing 37. Ramos accepts the salary cut, but believes he deserves two years.