In three months, Luka Modrić will be 37 years old, but he is still of great importance for Real Madrid. So much so that this Wednesday he traveled from Croatia via private plane to Spain only to sign an extension of his contract. The shirt of the Royal Club will be worn by the great midfielder for another year.The long-announced continuation of cooperation was made official with Modric accompanied by club president Florentino Perez, and after taking pictures in front of the 2023 trophies, he headed back to join the national team with which he will play in Denmark on Friday as part of the Nations League.Fri 21:45: (2.00) Denmark (3.50) Croatia (4.10)Last season, in which Real Madrid conquered Europe for the 14th time, Luka Modrić was one of the best players in Carlo Ancelotti’s squad. The upcoming campaign will be his 12th with the Madridians, and he is expected to reach the number of 500 games. He has played 436 so far and holds 20th place with the most appearances in the history of the famous club.Comunicado Oficial: @lukamodric10. #RealMadrid | #Modrić2023— Real Madrid C.F. (@realmadrid) June 8, 2022 This is the third time that Modric and Real have renewed their cooperation since he arrived from Tottenham in 2012 for 35 million euros. Together they won as many as 20 trophies: five Champions Leagues, three La Ligas, one Copa del Rey, four Club World Cups, three European Super Cups and four Spanish Super Cups. Individually, the former footballer of Dinamo Zagreb won the 2018 Ballon d’Or as a Real Madrid player.Just as everyone knew Modric will stay, the public was aware that another Real Madrid star will leave. Gareth Bale’s contract with Real expired and he ended the story with the biggest club in the world, but that does not mean that he will move from Madrid.The Netherlands are stomping back with the Welsh under their clogsMoreover, once one of the most sought-after football players in the world, whose career is in great decline, because he has not played for Real Madrid almost at all for the last two years, was offered to Getafe. More specifically – his agent did it.Jonathan Barnett called Getafe president Angel Torres and made an offer. At least that’s what Torres himself claims in an interview with Spanish Sport.”I just talked to Bale’s agent 45-50 minutes ago. I have to think about all that and talk to our coach first. I don’t know at this moment whether the Welshman will come “, said Torres at the presentation of the new Getafe kits for the next season.Wed 21:45: (7.75) Wales (4.30) Netherlands (1.53)It may sound unreal at first that Bale will go to Getafe after all and offer himself, however, the other part of the story is that money is not his priority, but a club where he will play as a standard during the fall, to be fully ready for the Qatar World Cup.In addition, Bale has never hidden the fact that he feels comfortable in Madrid, regardless of not playing football regularly at Real Madrid. Hence Getafe, from the suburbs, sounds like a perfectly reasonable option for the Welshman.
