The actions of the Croatian, whose contract ends in June and will turn 37 in September, raise arguments to support his continuity for another year.
Modric the essential of victory
Luka Modric’s age counter advances along with his record of brilliant performances with Real Madrid. Sometimes it even seems that the first has stopped and lives in a perennial youth . Few would say, watching him game after game, that the Croatian is a veteran on his way to 37 years. He will fulfill them on September 9. The unknown is if he, for the eleventh time, will blow out the candles with the Real Madrid shirt. The 2018 Ballon d’Or entered that stage in which he has to negotiate his future year after year and his contract ends in June 2022. Based on his performances, his renewal seems essential. His was the assist, with that magical touch that he treasures on the outside of his right hand, which gave Rodrygo the ball with which Madrid’s comeback against Chelsea began. The icing on the cake to a new portentous performance of the Balkan, clairvoyant with the ball at his feet, sacrificed in defense. He was the second Madrid player who covered the most kilometers in the game (13.72, only behind the 14.01 kilometers of ‘Halcon’ Valverde).
The importance of modric
Modric is the third most decisive player in Madrid’s goals, behind Benzema and Vinicius . The Croatian has only scored three goals (which in any case places him as the team’s fourth top scorer), but he has given nine assists, so his contribution exceeds the ten goals and the goal assist recorded by Asensio. Benzema has been involved in 51 goals (38 made and 13 assists) and Vinicius in 30 (17 plus 13). Ancelotti is managing Modric’s minutes and the Croatian responds with memorable performances. He has left his mark in the big games this season. Against Chelsea, in the comeback against PSG or in the final of the Spanish Super Cup against Athletic, in which he opened the scoring