Lucas Vázquez and Luka Modric are out of contract at the end of this season, and everything points to both players leaving Real Madrid when it comes to an end. And although the Whites are counting on them for the Club World Cup, the truth is that they will not be signing any renewals to enable them to play in the tournament.
End of contracts
The players’ contracts are signed until June 30 of the agreed year. There is a reason for this: on July 1, the summer transfer window opens, which is the official start of the new season. From this date, players with contracts officially start the new season with the team they belong to. And players whose contracts have expired are free to join a new team as soon as they sign their new agreement.
Therefore, Lucas Vázquez and Luka Modric would be free as of July 1 and would no longer belong to Real Madrid. However, this will not happen this season. Both players will be with the team in the United States for what will be their last tournament as Madridistas.
The secret clause in Lucas Vázquez and Modric’s contracts
Real Madrid will not have to renew the contracts of its two players in order for them to participate in the Club World Cup, as had been reported in recent weeks. Real Madrid had already taken into account the team’s participation in this tournament and added a clause to their contracts stating that the players would remain full members of the squad until the tournament ends. Therefore, Luka Modric and Lucas Vázquez are assured of their presence to try to become the first team to lift the coveted trophy, which is generating more and more excitement as the date approaches.
Will there be renewals after the Club World Cup?
Luka Modric and Lucas Vázquez would be willing to renew for one more season with Real Madrid. In the case of the Galician footballer, it seems that the club has already made the decision to end his time with the Whites. After ten seasons with the team, with five Champions League titles under his belt, the winger turned full-back will have to seek his fortune with a new team before putting an end to his sporting career. The arrival of Alexander-Arnold and the recovery of Carvajal leave him with no place in the squad.
The case of Luka Modric raises a few more questions. The player is asking for a renewal, he wants one more year at Real Madrid and to hang up his boots at the end of next season after the World Cup. Real Madrid believe that the Croatian’s time at the club has come to an end. At 40 years old, and given the few minutes he has played this year, they believe that the time has come to let him go. But the Croatian still has hope that Xabi Alonso will ask him to stay. It would be the only option that could make the board reverse its decision.
However, in the case of both players, the club has not yet announced anything, and it would be important for them to do so in order for them to be given an honorable send-off from the Santiago Bernabéu in the last league game on June 25 against Real Sociedad. We are talking about two players who have been part of one of the most glorious moments in the history of Real Madrid, and that is saying a lot at this club. Modric is equaling Gento’s record of six Champions League titles and is the only player to have won the Ballon d’Or when Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo were at the peak of their careers.
Lucas Vázquez and Modric will leave Real Madrid at the end of the season, but they still have one last goal with the team: to say goodbye with one last title, the first of a new era of soccer, the Club World Cup.