Published: 12:09, May 31, 2022 | Updated: 12:15, May 31, 2022
Isco, Marcelo confirm departures from Real Madrid
By Xinhua

Real Madrid's Isco (center) runs with the ball during a Spanish La Liga soccer match between Real Madrid and Valencia at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, Spain, Dec 1, 2018. (PAUL WHITE / AP)

MADRID - Real Madrid midfielder Isco Alarcon confirmed on Monday he is leaving the club when his contract expires in June.

The 30-year-old will leave the club he joined from Malaga in the summer of 2013 after making 352 appearances in which he scored 53 goals, although he had lost protagonism in recent seasons, as highlighted by the fact he didn't play a single minute of Real Madrid's Champions League win over Liverpool on Saturday night.

Real Madrid's Marcelo reacts during the Spanish league football match between Real Betis and Real Madrid at the Benito Villamarin stadium in Seville on March 8, 2020. (CRISTINA QUICLER / AFP)

Isco is not the only player who will leave Real Madrid this summer, with Brazilian left back Marcelo confirming during the club's celebrations on Sunday night that he too had played his last match for the club.

34-year-old Marcelo joined Real Madrid as an 18-year-old and leaves after winning a total of 25 trophies with the club and making 546 first-team appearances.

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The departures of these high-earning veterans, along with that of Gareth Bale, will considerably increase Real Madrid's wage bill and make it easier for the club to make new signings over the summer.