Actual Madrid legend Luka Modrić will depart the membership this summer season after the Membership World Cup, the membership and the participant introduced on Thursday.
Modrić, 39, has starred for Madrid for 13 seasons, successful a club-record 28 trophies.
The 2018 Ballon d’Or-winning midfielder has performed a lowered position for Madrid in latest seasons, however has remained essential, that includes in 34 LaLiga video games this season, 16 as a starter.
“Actual Madrid C.F. and our captain Luka Modrić have agreed to finish an unforgettable interval as a participant for our membership on the finish of the Membership World Cup, which our staff will play beginning June 18 in america,” Madrid stated in an announcement on Thursday. “Actual Madrid wish to specific its gratitude and deep affection for the person who’s already one of many best legends of our membership and of world soccer.
“Actual Madrid needs Luka Modrić and his household all the perfect on this new stage of his life. The Santiago Bernabéu pays tribute to him this Saturday on the event of our staff’s ultimate LaLiga match.”
“Pricey Madridistas, the time has come. The second I by no means needed to return, however that is soccer, and in life every little thing has a starting and an finish,” Modrić stated in a publish on social media.
“On Saturday I’ll play my final match on the Santiago Bernabéu. I arrived in 2012 with the will to put on the shirt of the perfect staff on this planet and with the ambition to do large issues, however I could not think about what got here subsequent.
“Taking part in for Actual Madrid modified my life as a soccer participant and as an individual. I’m proud to have been a part of probably the most profitable eras of the perfect membership in historical past.
“Leaving with a full coronary heart. Crammed with pleasure, gratitude and unforgettable recollections. And regardless that, after the Membership World Cup, I am not going to put on this shirt on the sphere, I am going to at all times be a Madrid fan.”
Modrić is considered one of simply 5 gamers to have received six European Cups, being a part of Madrid’s Champions League-winning groups in 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2022 and 2024.
In an period dominated by Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, he received the 2018 Ballon d’Or after serving to Croatia attain the 2018 World Cup ultimate.
“Luka Modrić will stay eternally within the hearts of all Actual Madrid followers as a singular and exemplary footballer, who has at all times represented the values of Actual Madrid,” Madrid president Florentino Pérez stated. “His soccer captivated Actual Madrid followers and followers world wide. His legacy will reside on eternally.”
Madrid have had a disappointing season, failing to win a significant trophy for the primary time since 2021.
The staff at the moment are getting ready for a big rebuild this summer season, with coach Carlo Ancelotti leaving and set to get replaced by Xabi Alonso.
