Luka Modric sets Real Madrid on fire, Barça has made its decision for Ronald Araujo

Luka Modric was betrayed

Luka Modric’s future is getting darker day by day. At 38, the Croatian is no longer as essential as before for Real Madrid. Youth is taking power in the Middle Kingdom of Madrid and this is clearly not to the liking of the 2018 Golden Ball. The newspaper Sport evokes tensions between the player and Carlo Ancelotti in its interior pages. All this would start from a broken promise by the Mister who did everything to keep him last summer, when he had a golden point coming straight from Saudi Arabia. Modric is annoyed by his short playing time and accuses his coach of having deceived him, as revealed by a columnist on the set ofEl Chiringuitoinformation taken by Okdiario. Ancelotti, for his part, claimed to have told him that he mattered, but never promised him that he would continue to be the starter during his extension.

Barça wants to shield Araujo

FC Barcelona is working on several hot issues. The extensions of Frenkie de Jong and Ronald Araujo are considered priorities. That of the central defender is considered urgent, although the player recently extended his contract until 2026. As you know, the Uruguayan is being courted by Bayern Munich in particular. Thomas Tuchel is a big fan of the player and the Bavarian club has made him their priority. Barça, for its part, wants to extend its defender who is one of the lowest paid players in the squad. According to Bild, Bayern Munich made a first offer of 75 million euros for the player under contract until June 2026. The club intends to return to the charge in the event of Barça’s refusal. The start of a long series.

Manchester United’s XXL project

Big change in sight for Manchester United. The arrival of Sir Jim Ratcliffe at the capital of the Red Devils will bring a wave of freshness and it starts with a renovation of Old Trafford. THE Daily Star is clear this Wednesday morning on its front page, the ambition of the British billionaire is to make Old Trafford the new “Wembley of the North”, just that ! The legendary Red Devils stadium, built in 1909, is falling into disrepair and clearly needs a facelift. The ambition is to transform Old Trafford into a state-of-the-art stadium capable of rivaling Wembley Stadium, which has a capacity of 90,000. Currently, Old Trafford can accommodate 74,000 people, but the redevelopment plans would increase this capacity and make the Theater of Dreams the best stadium in the country. In the buyout of the shares concluded by Ratcliffe, around €277 million of euros was planned for the renovation of the stadium.