\nMADRID, 8 Jun: Real Madrid extended Luka Modric\u2019s contract for another year on Monday, keeping intact the midfield that helped the club win a record-extending 14th European title this season.
\nThe 36-year-old Croatian signed a new deal with the Spanish club until June 2023 and will return to play alongside Toni Kroos and Casemiro, the trio that helped Madrid win five Champions League titles in the last nine seasons.
\n\u201cVery happy to announce that I will continue playing for the best club in the world,\u201d Modric said on Twitter and Instagram. \u201cI\u2019ve been fulfilling a dream for the last 10 seasons, and I remain with the same excitement and desire from the first day.\u201d
\nPosing in front of the 14 European titles won by Madrid, Modric held a club jersey with his name and the number 2023.
\nModric will be playing an 11th season with Madrid after joining from English club Tottenham in 2012. He helped Madrid win 20 titles, including five Champions Leagues and three Spanish leagues.
\nFinancial details for Modric\u2019s new contract were not disclosed. His current deal was going to expire at the end of this month.
\nMadrid is keeping Modric but is already looking to refresh its midfield, as Kroos is 32 years old, and Casemiro is 30.
\nLast season, Madrid signed 19-year-old Eduardo Camavinga from Rennes, and now it is close to announcing an agreement with 22-year-old Aur\u00e9lien Tchouam\u00e9ni from Monaco. Camavinga played often this season, as did 23-year-old Federico Valverde, who has been with the senior team since 2018.
\nMadrid saved money in recent transfer windows and is expected to boost its attack after missing out on signing Kylian Mbapp\u00e9, the young France forward who preferred to stay at Paris Saint-Germain. (AP)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
MADRID, 8 Jun: Real Madrid extended Luka Modric\u2019s contract for another year on Monday, keeping intact the midfield that helped the club win a record-extending 14th European title this season. The 36-year-old Croatian signed a new deal with the Spanish club until June 2023 and will return to play alongside Toni Kroos and Casemiro, the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-192637","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192637","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=192637"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192637\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=192637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=192637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=192637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}