International football
The Croatian player and Real Madrid announced that they have decided to end their relationship, which began in 2012.
Luka Modrić, celebrates with the trophy its 15th victory at the Champions League, a day after beating Borussia Dortmund on June 2, 2024. (Free press photo: AFP)
Croatian Luka Modrić, Captain of Real Madrid, will not continue in the white team After the Club World Cup, as announced on Thursday, May 22, so, in addition, this Saturday 23 in front of the Real Sociedad (8.15 hours of Guatemala) It will be his last game at Santiago Bernabéu.
“The time has come. The moment I never wanted me to arrive, but so is football, and in life everything has a beginning and an end … on Saturday I will play my last game at Santiago Bernabéu,” he wrote on his social networks.
“I arrived in 2012 with the illusion of dressing the shirt of the best team in the world and with the ambition to do great things, but I could not imagine what came later. Playing in Real Madrid changed my life as a footballer and as a person. I feel proud to have been part of one of the most successful times of the best club in history,” he continued.
Modric, who arrived at Real Madrid in 2012 from Tottenham, will leave the club as the footballer with more titles in his history, with 28 in his record: 6 champions of champions, 6 Club World Cups, 5 European Super Cups, 4 Leagues, 2 Cups of the King and 5 Super Cups of Spain.
In addition, in 2018 he was awarded the biggest individual prize, the Golden Ball.