{"id":604377,"date":"2021-11-16T10:00:43","date_gmt":"2021-11-16T15:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=604377"},"modified":"2021-11-16T10:00:43","modified_gmt":"2021-11-16T15:00:43","slug":"real-madrid-croatian-midifelder-luka-modric","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/11\/16\/real-madrid-croatian-midifelder-luka-modric\/","title":{"rendered":"Real Madrid Expected to Offer Croatian Midfielder Luka Modric a New Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/10\/25\/el-clasico-real-madrid-barcelona\/\" target=\"_self\">Real Madrid<\/a> are planning to offer a contract extension to Croatian midfielder Luka Modric, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1460403935664029703\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fabrizio Romano<\/a> reports.<\/p>\n<p>This extension is likely to be for one more season. A deal has not yet been done but the interest is definitely there from the Real Madrid board. This will be discussed internally over the new few weeks or months.<\/p>\n<h2>Real Madrid Expected to Offer Contract Renewal to Croatian Midfielder Luka Modric<\/h2>\n<h3>Real Madrid and Luke Modric a Great Fit From the Start<\/h3>\n<p>The world knows of Real Madrid&#8217;s prominence in football. Much of this over the last few years has been directly influenced by Modric. He&#8217;s not the most imposing athlete but that doesn&#8217;t seem to matter, as Modric is a complete magician with the ball at his feet. More than that, Modric is a genius at reading the game.<\/p>\n<p>To date, Modric has won 17 different titles in nine seasons in Madrid. This list includes four extremely impressive <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/11\/04\/five-takeaways-champions-league-matchday-four\/\" target=\"_self\">Champions League<\/a> trophies, two La Liga titles, four Club World Cups, three European Super Cups, three Spanish Super Cups, and one Copa del Rey.<\/p>\n<p>After his fantastic 2017\/18 season with Real Madrid, and guiding Croatia to the final of the 2018 World Cup, Modric was also awarded the 2018 Ballon d&#8217;Or.<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s still playing at a high level at 36-years-old. Due to his age but continued performances, a one-year extension makes total sense. Real Madrid are currently second in the La Liga table. They&#8217;re also on top of Champions League Group D with a clear path to the round of 16. The team aren&#8217;t showing signs of slowing down and much of this is due to how crucial Modric is.<\/p>\n<h3>Real Madrid Have Best of Both Worlds With World-Class Experience and Youthful Promise<\/h3>\n<p>The team still has strong veteran midfielders such as Toni Kroos and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/08\/27\/casemiro-extends-real-madrid-contract\/\" target=\"_self\">Casemiro<\/a>. Their youth in the midfield is impressive as well. This includes Ernesto Valverde and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/09\/13\/eduardo-camavinga-real-madrid-2\/\" target=\"_self\">Eduardo Camavinga<\/a>, among others. Modric is great alongside them but will also play a large role in helping those more youthful names.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<br \/>\n<a id=\"9JLpVQRdTU59gQnrimytfA\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/detail\/1236363853\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'9JLpVQRdTU59gQnrimytfA',sig:'x4iOhhZBN9reKPwakvasMpD9CoKq4Ty-1OftW_oTVnI=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1236363853',caption: true ,tld:'co.uk',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Real Madrid are planning to offer a contract extension to Croatian midfielder Luka Modric, Fabrizio Romano reports. This extension is likely to be for one more season. A deal has not yet been done but the interest is definitely there from the Real Madrid board. This will be discussed internally over the new few weeks [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2248,"featured_media":604396,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1366,6],"tags":[2251],"class_list":["post-604377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-real-madrid","category-la-liga","tag-luka-modric"],"modified_by":"Jordan Hackett, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604377","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2248"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=604377"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604377\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/604396"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=604377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=604377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=604377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}