Croatian midfielder for Real Madrid luka modric ensures, two days before his 38th birthday, that he retains the ability and desire to continue playing at the level the club requires, and is looking to win the League this season.
“I am very convinced that I can continue to play in the way that Real needs,” he said. Modric in an interview published today by the Croatian sports newspaper Sportske Novosti, on the occasion of his 38th birthday this Saturday.
“I have to say that, especially this season, I want to feel the satisfaction of winning La Liga. I don’t know why, but it seems that way,” he added.
Football Player, who renewed in June for another season, assured in that talk that he did not stay in Madrid “just to stay” but because he wanted to “play and enjoy football” as he has been doing since he signed for the club in 2012 qualifying as a “fantastic club”.
Having negotiated his stay with the team until June 2024, ModricasHe certainly put as a condition that the coach, Carlo Ancelotti, continue to treat him as a competitive player and not as a figure who is there for his past merits.
With 23 titles won in eleven seasons, including five “Champions”, the Croatian is the third player with the most titles in Real Madrid’s history.
As proof that he is still physically at the same level, Modric recalled that two months ago he played 120 minutes twice for the Croatian team.
He praised the club’s new players as very promising, especially Jude Bellingham and Arda Güler, cWhose game he described as “amazing”.
The popular midfielder plans to stay with the Croatian national team as well, but he does not want to speculate for how long.
“It is possible that I will continue to feel this way for a year, two, but I still feel that the time has come three months from now. Adults are like that,” he commented in the interview.
As a birthday present, he asked for victories for his team in the qualifying matches for the 2024 Euro Cup that he will play tomorrow against Latvia and on Monday the 11th against Armenia.
Regarding the future, M.Odric He wants to stay in football even after retiring as a player.
“I just know that I want to stay in football, but at the moment I haven’t matured the idea of what role. I entered the coaching academy and I hope to finish it in Croatia.”
Source: La Verdad
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