Real Madrid have already planned the exit for the star this summer with the potential for the tribute of “Andres Iniesta”.

There is no smoke without fire, and this fire in particular seems to mean the end of Luka Modric's time at Real Madrid. The Croatian fell out of the team, and 12 years after arriving at the Santiago Bernabeu, his last months seem to be coming into view.

The 38-year-old was a starter until the end of last season, but this year, his role has been drastically dropped. Relief say that his bench against RB Leipzig in the Champions League was the final straw, and he is moving towards an exit. Modric has now only started 15 of his 36 games this season, and although he hasn't been public about it, as he was at the start of the season, frustration over the lack of minutes is growing.

In Valdebebas, they are already thinking about how to prepare for their departure. They prefer to remove the bitterness from the end, and look for emotional and special ways to pay the truth to the legend. Modric. One of his options, apparently, is announcing his exit before the end of the season, and la Andres Iniesta, whose stadiums and fans pay tribute to him every weekend.

Whether that happened is unclear – part of the reason Iniesta received so much adulation was not just because he was a brilliant player, but also because he scored the World Cup winner for Spain. His contribution was the most emblematic in the history of Spanish football.