{"id":14878,"date":"2025-02-25T08:30:56","date_gmt":"2025-02-25T03:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=569388"},"modified":"2025-02-25T08:30:56","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T03:00:56","slug":"luka-modric-is-a-gift-for-football-carlo-ancelotti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/football\/luka-modric-is-a-gift-for-football-carlo-ancelotti\/","title":{"rendered":"Luka Modric is a gift for football: Carlo Ancelotti"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Real Madrid\u2019s manager Carlo Ancelotti has appreciated Luka Modric and has said he\u2019s the player who is a gift for football. Earlier Modric was expected to leave the club in the summer transfer window, but the player is now thinking of continuing for one more year at the club. Manager Ancelotti is more than happy to have him in the team.<\/p>\n<p>Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti has showered praise on club legend Luka Modric, calling him \u201ca gift for football\u201d amid speculation about the midfielder\u2019s future. The Croatian maestro was widely expected to leave the club in the summer transfer window, but recent reports suggest he is now considering staying for another season.<\/p>\n<p>Ancelotti, who has always admired Modric\u2019s contributions, made his stance clear. \u201cLuka Modric has to continue here as long as he wants. Luka Modric is a gift for football. Everything he does, he does very well, and Real Madrid are lucky to have a legend like him,\u201d the Italian manager said.<\/p>\n<p>Despite being 38, Modric continues to be a crucial part of Madrid\u2019s squad, showcasing his quality and leadership. If he decides to extend his stay, his presence will undoubtedly add immense value to the team\u2019s ambitions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Real Madrid\u2019s manager Carlo Ancelotti has appreciated Luka Modric and has said he\u2019s the player who is a gift for football. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":202,"featured_media":34756,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[2026,1822,3796,3919,1710,1778,1907,266],"class_list":["post-14878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","tag-carlo-ancelotti","tag-contract-extension","tag-football","tag-la-liga","tag-legend","tag-luka-modric","tag-modric","tag-real-madrid"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14878","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/202"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14878"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14878\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}