A few days ago, according to Spain's "Daily Goals" report, due to the lack of suitable substitutes, and the performance of the players themselves is still outstanding, So Real Madrid is preparing the team's Golden Ball Mr. Modric to renew his contract again, extending his contract for another year, so that his contract will expire in the summer of 2023.
Modric still occupies an extremely important position in Ancelotti's squad. So far this season, although Modric has been suspended for six La Liga games and one Copa del Rey due to injury and rotation, he has made 20 starts and 1 substitute in the remaining 21 games in all competitions, and still delivered 5 assists as the core of the midfield.
It is difficult for a player like Modric to see his importance from the post-match data, but as long as you have watched the game, Modric is extremely critical to the operation of the Real Madrid midfield, without him, the support of the Real Madrid midfielder to the two major firepower points of Benzema and Vinicius will inevitably plummet. In addition to continuing to play well in Real Madrid, Modric also continued to play this absolute core role in the national team, and in the last four rounds of the World Preliminary Round, it was Modric's 2 goals and 2 assists that helped Croatia win 3 wins and 1 draw, pushing Russia to win the first place in the group and advance to the final round of the World Cup in Qatar.
With the end of the season just around the corner, the question of Modric's whereabouts is also a focal point for Real Madrid, with Modric's contract expiring this summer and he's 36 years old. When the contract was renewed last season, Real Madrid dragged on until the end of the season to renew Modric's contract, which was also the reason why it really could not find a suitable candidate, otherwise it might have ended his contract at that time. Florentino's original plan was to find his replacement this summer, but Modric made Real Madrid president Florentino change his mind, although at this time, only halfway through the season, Florentino sought out Modric and hoped to renew his contract for another year, and Modric, who came to Real Madrid at the age of 27, may not have thought that he could play for Real Madrid for more than a decade.
In fact, Real Madrid also bought Kamawinga in the summer window last year, hoping to use this young genius as a replacement for Mr. Ballon d'Or, but so far Camawinga has been difficult to become the main force of Real Madrid, and his position itself is behind Modric, it is difficult to replace Modric. Modric did well, and there was no suitable replacement, so keeping Modric became Florentino's choice.
If Real Madrid keep Modric, then they will break a record again, from 2000 to now, for 22 consecutive years the team has had Mr. Ballon d'Or, from Figo, Zidane, Ronaldo, Owen, to Cannavaro, Kaka and C Ronaldo, after the departure of C Ronaldo in 2018, Modric continued this record in the following season, if Modric's contract continues until 2023, then this record will continue for at least another year, and Real Madrid can also be in the transfer market, Extend that number again with transfers.