[Relevo] Real Madrid do not want to renew Modric’s contract to give a chance to younger players

by minivatreni

18 comments

  1. I love Modric with all my heart, but I’m not entirely opposed to him leaving. He gave his heart and soul to this club for 12 years, let him go to Croatia and enjoy his final year(s), or to Saudi and grab that paycheck. He is a legend of this club, but he’s turning 39 this year, sooner or later he would have to leave. Plus, reports say that this means more playtime for Arda, so I’m excited to see more and more of this kid.

    However, we have to ensure Kroos isn’t going anywhere. He is “just” 34 and his playstyle could allow him to play for as long as Modric. Losing both would be a massive blow, not only on the pitch, in terms of creativity, but also in terms of experience and leadership in the dressing room, since Nacho is also leaving.

  3. I think that it would be for the best. He’s still got something left, but it’s time to move to the next generation.

  5. Mbappe is the new 10, Endrick and Guler get his minutes, it’s the perfect way for him to bow out

  6. Modric is a legend. He should retire in Real Madrid. The club should try to try to retain him for more relaxed matches (with an accompanying salary).

    Football is all about logistics, and we can retain a proven player that can still help the squad when it gets tired.

  7. We are still bad on the ball in 2nd half against big teams if they press us like City.

    Kroos has legs for 1 half. Our midfielders are physical monsters.

    But Bellingham, Cama, Tchou and Valverde arent that good at bringing the ball up compared to Modric and Kroos.

    The youngsters are doing it by force, and thats why some of our laliga games earlier have looked really bad, when Modric or Kroos were out of form.

  8. I thought I’ve read or heard somewhere that after this season he’d retire and Carlo was interested to keep him within the staf. Is that definitely over?

  9. We are in this weird situation where we have an abundance of midfielders but none of whom have the creativity of Kroos or Modric, which probably means we’re going to have to buy another midfielder in the future and sell one of our current ones.

  10. If he wants to stay, he should be able to. He’s a legend and still very good. However, he has to agree to a diminished role.

  11. If he is fine playing only when the manager thinks he can be useful without creating drama (which was the case this season) and if he is fine with a salary cut then I’m ok with the club giving him another year extension.

    Imho Florentino/Carlo should just make a performance/cost decision.

    I rather get Modric another year with good 20 minutes per game, than someone younger with lot of potential but performing worst during those 20 minutes per game.

  12. I do think however having someone like Modric for Mbappe’s first year in the team would be really beneficial.

  13. Just give him the keys to the bernabeu and valdebebas, let him come and go as he wishes!

  14. Real Madrid needs to continue developing the youngsters by giving them more minutes. Modric has won it all with RM and it’s time to let him go. If we win the Champions League, theres his farewell just like CR7

  15. That’s fucking ridiculous! It’s not as if he’s going to start all matches. He’ll come on and do his magic when Madrid really need him, like he did against Bayern.

  17. At 38 he is one of rare players in our squad who didn’t get injured througout whole season – he was reliable when needed and always positively influenced a game whether he was either a starter or come off a bench.

    Hope the management will take this into consideration.

  18. Modric can still be super sub even at this age. But it’s perfectly understandable if he wants to go elswhere to have more minutes because he can still endure it.

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