The hole left by Luka Modric in the Real Madrid It will not be easy to fill. 13 seasons, 597 matches and 28 titles are the statistics that support its impeccable trajectory with the white team. With the march from Croatian to Milan, The last redoubt of the center of the three consecutive Champions field is going. A trio that has been abandoning the club progressively: Casemiro in 2022, Kroos in 2024 and Modric This summer after the Club World Cup.
The Brazilian replaced Tchouaméni During the same summer market that ended its signing for Manchester United. Kroo withdrawals, instead, It was a hard blow for the Real Madrid of Carlo Ancelotti; that he paid it with a season in which he stayed away from his goals in the League and Champions. Now, the merengue team touches the complicated ballot to replace a legend like Luka Modric. The role of '10' in the team has been less protagonist than usual, with 17 titles in the League and 7 in Champions. His experience and his good ball treatment have been important for an orphan Real Madrid of both after the march of Kroos.
Beyond its leadership and weight within the costumes, the absence of Modric in the squad of 2025-26 will be noticed in that aspect. Xabi Alonso has opted at the Club World Cup for conversion of a player accustomed to operate closer to the area. Arda Güler, After two seasons with little prominence at the orders of Carlo Ancelotti, he has been chosen by the Spanish coach to lead the team with the ball from the center of the field. A work, that of the Turk, that Release Tchouuméni and Valverde of a task in which they suffered last campaign.
Alonso's decision is not definitive, nor is it ruled out that reinforcements can arrive in this field plot, but an illustrious former Real Madrid player has not liked. Pedja Mijatovic does not share the commitment to Güler as a substitute of Modric. «Placing the position that Modric had would be a suicide», Said Montenegrino in the microphones of The crossbar. A role that does not rule out for the Turk in the future, for which Ask for the patience that was with the Croatian Until his goal in Manchester: «We have to avoid burning young people and give them time for them to demonstrate what they know how to do ».
His vision of the 'theme' of summer
Mijatovic has also opined on one of the hottest songs today in Real Madrid. The rumors of a Vinicius exit to Saudi Arabia have emerged again In recent days, and Montenegrino does not seem very convinced with the present and future of the Brazilian in the White House. «I don't know if fans are so in love with Vinicius how two or three years ago, or if he has so much respect as then, ”said Pedja in his interview in the Chain ser.
