Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti has stated that the club’s veterans, Luka Modric, Toni Kroos, and Karim Benzema, will stay beyond this season.
Benzema, Kroos, and Modric’s contracts are set to expire this summer. Despite the fact that Real Madrid is still far from reaching an agreement with the veterans, Ancelotti believes they will remain at the club next season.
Toni Kroos, a former German midfielder, has won four Champions League titles with Real Madrid since 2014, while former French striker Karim Benzema, 35, and Croatian midfielder Toni Modric, 37, have each won five.
Real Madrid has added Eduardo Camavinga, Dani Ceballos, Aurelien Tchouameni, and Federico Valverde to their roster since 2016.
Despite this, Benzema has remained the team’s leading scorer, scoring a hat-trick against Barcelona in the Copa del Rey on Wednesday. While Kroos and Modric’s game time has been decreasing in recent months due to their contract negotiations.
I think that in the end, they will look for a solution”, said Ancelotti.
There are advances because they are talking.
The coach added;
I think [they] will stay. We have to evaluate the players not by their age but by what they do.
You can think the three don’t have the physical profile or energy of the younger players, but what these three have in terms of game management is unique, you can’t buy it on any market in the world.
This is born with experience – age takes something from you, but it gives you something back as well.
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