Modric should extend to Real
Unless the situation turns around, Luka Modric is not playing his last season at Real Madrid.
The Croatian midfielder (36) is expected to extend his contract for one year, until June 2023. The Madrid daily
Marca
reports that the 2018 Ballon d'Or is just waiting for that, and the lights are on the green among the leaders to find an agreement, which promises to be a formality.
Modric, vice-world champion with Croatia, aims to play the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, in just one year.
Quadruple winner of the Champions League at Real which he joined in 2012, he has 11 matches including 10 starts with the Merengue this season.
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Fiorentina: the (high) price of Vlahovic known?
Last summer, Atlético de Madrid negotiated for a long time with Fiorentina to snatch their star striker, Dusan Vlahovic. The latest bid was over € 50m, but the Italian club have retained their 21-year-old Serbian striker. Problem: in October, Fiorentina announced, in a statement, that Vlahovic's entourage "
did not accept
" a contract extension beyond June 2023. In other words, if discussions do not resume, Vlahovic will be sold very soon. According to the
Sun
, Tottenham and Manchester City have come to the inquiries. Fiorentina would have informed them of the price of Vlahovic: 82 M €. The Viola player has scored 8 goals in 12 Serie A appearances this season, and 21 goals in 37 appearances last season. This weekend, the German newspaper
Bild
ensured that Bayern Munich made him an alternative to the much-desired Erling Haaland at Borussia Dortmund.
Barça ticks the name of Azpilicueta (Chelsea)
We know that the financial health of FC Barcelona is not in good shape. This is why the players at the end of the contract, which represent a lower cost, appeal to the Catalan club when it comes to the transfer window. According to
ESPN
, Barça "is
monitoring
" the situation of the former Marseillais César Azpilicueta, who has still not extended to Chelsea. The versatile Spanish defender (32), captain of the Blues, started in all 4 Champions League games and 7 of the first 8 Premier League games this season. But he has spent the last three meetings on the bench, and could therefore put an end to an idyll that started in 2012. Barça, who has just repatriated Dani Alves (38) to help out as a right-back, is ready to to pounce.
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The impressive consistency of Azpilicueta at Chelsea
Nübel (Monaco) already sees himself returning to Bayern
His career plan is clear: Alexander Nübel (25) wants to succeed Manuel Neuer (35) in the cages of Bayern Munich.
The German goalkeeper was loaned by the Bavarian club to AS Monaco this summer for two seasons.
Despite a mixed start in Ligue 1, Nübel does not think Bayern will call him back next summer.
“
This is not my plan or that of Bayern
, he dismissed in the columns of
Kicker
magazine
.
In Monaco, I play two high-level matches a week, that was my goal.
And that will also be mine when I return to Munich.
The Monegasque goalkeeper, under contract with Bayern until 2025, is therefore already returning to the reigning nine-time German champion.
Andy Carroll in Reading (official)
Direction the English D2 for Andy Carroll.
The 32-year-old center forward and former England international was without a club after failing to extend his contract at Newcastle.
He is committed “
until mid-January
” with Reading, 16th in the Championship, with a view to relaunching himself.
“
Andy is looking for a new challenge in his career and we need a player of his quality and his great experience,
” said coach Veljko Paunovic.
Passed by Liverpool and West Ham, Andy Carroll had scored only one goal last season in 22 matches including 6 starts.