A White House icon is leaving.
Three years after Cristiano Ronaldo, and a few weeks after the bitter departure of coach Zinedine Zidane, Sergio Ramos is preparing to leave his long-standing club.
Real Madrid management confirmed the inevitable on Wednesday evening.
Ramos, 35, whose contract expires on June 30, will go down as one of the club's most iconic captains.
In 16 seasons, the one who succeeded the illustrious Fernando Hierro in 2005 has won four Champions Leagues, five Spanish championships and played 671 matches.
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The time has come to launch a new cycle in Madrid.
At the end of May, the club had already formalized the recruitment of David Alaba, natural replacement for Sergio Ramos and future partner of Raphaël Varane.
Long injured this season, the Spaniard, absent from the Euro, still interests many high-level clubs in Europe.
The American media ESPN revealed earlier this week a contract proposal from Manchester City.
According to some Spanish media, he refused the 10% salary cut offered to him by Real Madrid to extend his contract and asked each of his teammates to refuse any similar request. According to him, this money would be used for nothing other than to finance the transfer of PSG striker, Kylian Mbappé, whose future at PSG is still uncertain.