Luka Modric has labelled Real Madrid’s sale of midfield star Casemiro to Manchester United this summer time as a ‘disgrace’.
The pair had been half of an all-conquering Madrid facet over the previous decade, successful 5 UEFA Champions Leagues, three La Liga titles and three FIFA Club World Cups collectively on the Santiago Bernabeu.
Manchester United confirmed on Friday that they’d reached an settlement to signal the Brazilian midfielder, with the membership set to pay €60m (£51m) plus as much as an extra €10m in add-ons for his companies.
Speaking to the press after Real Madrid’s emphatic 4-1 win over Celta Vigo, Modric expressed his disappointment in dropping Casemiro: “The Casemiro thing is a shame, we have made history with him, he has been a fundamental piece for us and we are going to miss him a lot, as a player and a person.
“This is part of football, I am sad to see him go but we have to keep going without him and each player has to give even more in terms of the things he did.”
Despite not having Casemiro by his facet on Saturday Modric was in impressed kind for Los Blancos, scoring a beautiful purpose within the win. Speaking after the sport supervisor Carlo Ancelotti labelled Modric ‘immortal’: “He is immortal. He is always prepared, he always plays very well. His goal has changed the game, until then it was an even and competitive game.”