{"id":637686,"date":"2024-03-21T09:55:51","date_gmt":"2024-03-21T13:55:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=637686"},"modified":"2024-03-21T09:55:51","modified_gmt":"2024-03-21T13:55:51","slug":"andriy-lunin-contract-extension-real-madrid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/03\/21\/andriy-lunin-contract-extension-real-madrid\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Already Prepared\u2019 Fabrizio Romano Reveals Real Madrid Plan for Key Contract Extension"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Real Madrid have decided to offer Andriy Lunin a new contract ahead of Thibaut Courtois\u2019 return from injury. The Ukrainian star\u2019s solid performances in the past few months have secured his place as the Blancos\u2019 second-choice goalkeeper.<\/p>\n<h2>Andriy Lunin Earns Fresh Contract Offer at Santiago Bernabeu<\/h2>\n<h3>Beating Kepa Against All Odds<\/h3>\n<p>Thibaut Courtois\u2019 ACL injury forced Real Madrid to consider signing a new goalkeeper in August. The Blancos ended up adding Kepa Arrizabalaga to their squad on a season-long loan deal. However, the Spaniard faced stiff competition from Lunin for a starting place in Carlo Ancelotti\u2019s lineup.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/03\/05\/real-madrid-loan-arda-guler\/\" target=\"_self\">Blancos Consider Loan Options As Young Star Wants More Minutes<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kepa\u2019s injury in November provided Lunin with more playing time. Since then, the Ukraine international has remained Real Madrid\u2019s first-choice goalkeeper, fending off competition from Kepa. He has kept ten clean sheets in his 23 appearances for the Blancos across all competitions.<\/p>\n<h3>Real Madrid to Enter Talks With Lunin<\/h3>\n<p>The club have reportedly decided to renew the contract of their number two keeper amid <a href=\"https:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/sport\/football\/chelsea-fc-transfer-news-kepa-real-madrid-b1131955.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reports<\/a> of Kepa\u2019s possible return to Chelsea in the summer.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1770743652593349008?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fabrizio Romano<\/a>, Real Madrid are already prepared to offer Lunin a new contract. The La Liga giants are eager to keep the 25-year-old beyond next summer when he enters the final year of his current deal.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/02\/27\/real-madrid-alphonso-davies-verbal-transfer-agreement\/\" target=\"_self\">Blancos\u00a0Considering Two Options To Sign \u2018Unbelievable\u2019 37 G\/A Defender<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A possible contract extension for Lunin will be a significant blow to Kepa\u2019s hopes of earning a permanent move to Real Madrid. The Spaniard could return to Stamford Bridge, where Robert Sanchez has become Chelsea\u2019s first-choice goalkeeper in his absence.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Watch<\/strong>: Who Wins The Premier League?<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"THREE WAY WAR - Who Wins The Premier League?\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6XQStPx9Lw0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>A New Fitness Setback for Courtois<\/h3>\n<p>Real Madrid hoped to have Courtois back in their squad after the international break. However, a new injury setback is set to delay the 31-year-old\u2019s return.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/03\/08\/alphonso-davies-bayern-munich-real-madrid\/\" target=\"_self\">Future Of Bayern Munich Key Defender Uncertain Amid Blancos Interest<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Courtois suffered a meniscus tear in his right knee last Tuesday. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.co.uk\/football\/story\/_\/id\/39765636\/real-madrid-goalkeeper-courtois-suffers-fresh-knee-injury\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ESPN<\/a>, he will be sidelined for another four to six weeks. With the veteran goalkeeper practically missing all of the 2023\/24 season, Real Madrid could intensify their efforts to reach a contract agreement with Lunin in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Real Madrid have decided to offer Andriy Lunin a new contract ahead of Thibaut Courtois\u2019 return from injury. The Ukrainian star\u2019s solid performances in the past few months have secured his place as the Blancos\u2019 second-choice goalkeeper. Andriy Lunin Earns Fresh Contract Offer at Santiago Bernabeu Beating Kepa Against All Odds Thibaut Courtois\u2019 ACL injury [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5073,"featured_media":637699,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_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":[6,30,1366,28],"tags":[2578,7777,1183],"class_list":["post-637686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-la-liga","category-news","category-real-madrid","category-transfers","tag-kepa-arrizabalaga","tag-real-madrid-news","tag-thibaut-courtois"],"modified_by":"Declan Wiseman, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/637686","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\/5073"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=637686"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/637686\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/637699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=637686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=637686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=637686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}