The Croatian midfielder Luka Modric extended his link with Real Madrid until June 30, 2022, with which he will complete ten campaigns as a white player. The Real Madrid and Luka Modric have agreed to the extension of the contract for the Croatian midfielder until 30 June 2022, the club said in a statement.
Modric, whose contract ended on June 30,
signed the renewal in the Valdebebas sports city accompanied by the president,
Florentino Pérez, who gave him a shirt with his name and the number 2022. The
35-year-old Zadar player came to Real Madrid from Tottenham England in the
2012-13 seasons, for which he will complete ten campaigns as a white player.
Runner-up in the world with Croatia at the 2018 World Cup in Russia, in these
years he has become one of the most valuable players of the team and the most
outstanding internationally, so much so that he received The Best FIFA award of
that year ahead of the Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo and the French Antoine
Griezmann.
In the nine seasons, he has been at Real Madrid; he has won two Leagues, a Copa Del Rey, three Spanish
Super Cups, four Champions Leagues, three European Super Cups, and four Club
World Cups.
He has been included five times in the XI FIFA / FIFPro World
Cup, four times in the Champions League ideal team, three times in the UEFA
team of the year; he was elected Golden Ball of the 2018 World Cup.
He made his debut for Real Madrid on August 29, 2012, the day
he won his first title, the Super Cup, against Barcelona at the Santiago
Bernabéu. Since then he has played 391 games, in which he has scored 28 goals,
six in this campaign, the most prolific, in which despite having a magnificent
season he has not been able to add any title to his record.
