The Mundialito returned to Madrid the best Kroos (33 years old) and with him, the debate on whether the German will continue for another year leading the team. Required by the journalists who went to Rabat following the game, Kroos left the matter very up in the air: “There are different things to think regarding if you want to continue or not. The decision will not take many months. It is a great relationship with Madrid and neither this part nor the other do nonsense ”, he said in a mysterious tone.
It was not the only statement of weight in the club that was heard in this regard. Ancelotti was also consulted regarding it. “I think the decision has already been made. Which is it? I’m not going to say…” However, the coach’s reasoning, outlined with a broad smile on his face, did hint that he already knows that Kroos will continue for at least one more season. In any case, we will have to wait for the officialdom to clear up the mystery.
What is clear within the club is that neither the decision taken by Kroos nor that of Modric (the latter, 37 years old) on whether to continue playing for Madrid for one more season can condition the squad renewal plan. In this sense, Jude Bellingham (19) remains the number one target.
In that plan drawn up and if everything goes according to plan (that Dortmund agrees to sell Bellingham at a price within the market), the club foresees a sweet transition between four players: Modric, Ceballos, Kroos and Bellingham himself. Tchouameni, as the only midfield specialist pivot, seems to have the most secure position.
With everything and in relation to that projected surprise for the future, the season of Modric and Kroos is being very uneven. The 37-year-old Croatian is bound to turn off his light earlier. This season he has played 1,878 minutes when last season, also following 34 games, he had played 2,045. Kroos (33), on the other hand, without the burden of playing with his team, has increased his performance: 2,227 minutes played this season compared to 2,099 at this point in the past. Furthermore, he is the third player to participate in the current Real Madrid, following Vinicius and Valverde.
Jude Bellingham priority target.
The operation by the English midfielder seems to have stopped his inertia. The meeting scheduled for the beginning of the year between the player and Borussia, in which the former had to announce if he wanted to leave this summer, did not take place. The footballer becomes strong in his position, he has a contract until 2025 and, if he is not sold now, Borussia will be forced to negotiate downward in the next market (in 2024, his penultimate in the German entity). Borussis intends to receive from 100 to 140 million euros for him, an unaffordable price for Madrid for a medium.
