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Luka Modric has confirmed that Real Madrid<\/a><\/strong> will be the final club of his career but insists he is not yet thinking about retirement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 39-year-old Ballon d’Or winner told Telefoot<\/em>: “I’m not thinking about it right now, but I’ve already said that I’d like to stop in Real Madrid because it would be a dream for me. But we must see what happens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“There’s a lot of the season left, and I have to focus on what’s left because there are many matches.
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We have to see what happens because I’m in no hurry.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Modric<\/a>‘s contract with Real Madrid expires at the end of the season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Luka Modric has confirmed that Real Madrid will be the final club of his career but insists he is not yet thinking about retirement. The 39-year-old Ballon d’Or winner told Telefoot: “I’m not thinking about it right now, but I’ve already said that I’d like to stop in Real Madrid because it would be a dream for me. But we must see what happens. “There’s a lot of the season left, and I have to focus on what’s left because there are many matches. We have to see what happens because I’m in no hurry.” Modric‘s contract with Real Madrid expires at the end of the season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":30415,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,159,169],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","category-football-news","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n"I'm in no hurry": Luka Modric reveals Real Madrid retirement plans - Matchplug Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Luka Modric confirms Real Madrid will be his final club but says he's in no hurry to retire. 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