The fact that it is Marca that are bringing this news comes as no surprise. As we all learned during the sale of Gareth Bale, this is a media outlet light on shame and heavy on bias in favour of Real Madrid, and it is no great leap to suggest that this is precisely the sort of playful joke we might expect from them.
At 35, Luka Modrić is in the autumn of his footballing years, and a cursory glance at his appearances activity for the Spanish giants shows us that the Croatian has become increasingly familiar with the bench at the Bernabéu, failing to make the starting XI on 12 occasions and being subbed off a further 24 times – in the last two seasons.
Additionally, in that last 2 seasons, the yellow cards have built up so much that Luka has been suspended 3 times. Perhaps his ageing body is causing him to become frustrated?
Another red light are wages, the boy who quit Spurs in 2012 is still hauling in a reported £388,000 a week. Anyone questioning Bale’s value for money will have just as big a problem with this number.
We’ve had enough fairytales, thanks very much.