Luka Modric has signed a one-year contract extension with Real Madrid which will keep him with the Los Blancos till 2025, the club said in a statement on Wednesday.
“Real Madrid C. F. and Luka Modrić have agreed to extend the contract of our captain, who will be linked to the club until 30 June 2025,” Real said in a statement which also revealed that the Croatian will be the skipper of the team in the coming season.
Modric who won the Ballon d’Or in 2018, arrived at Real Madrid in 2012 and recently won a sixth Champions League crown as well as a fourth LaLiga title with Real.
Official Announcement: Luka Modrić renewal. #Modrić2025 | #RealMadrid
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He has won a total of 26 titles with Real which includes 6 Champions Leagues, 5 Club World Cups, 4 European Super Cups, 4 Ligas, 2 Copas del Rey and 5 Spanish Super Cups.
In 12 seasons with the club, Modrić has made 534 appearances and scored 39 goals. His previous contract expired at the end of the 2023-24 season but the Croatian told fans he would return next season when they were celebrating their Champions League triumph which extended Real’s record to 15 European Cups.
The veteran player was widely expected to retire, especially after his long-time midfield partner Toni Kroos, 34, announced his retirement at the end of the season.
Modric also had no plans to hang up his boots on the international stage despite Croatia’s early exit from the recently concluded European Championship, where they were eliminated after the group stage.
“I’d like to keep playing forever but there probably will come a time when I must hang up my boots. I’ll keep playing on, but I don’t know for how much longer,” said Modric, who has 178 caps for Croatia.
