MADRID - Real Madrid midfielder Luka Modric has signed a new one-year contract with the club to extend his stay with them until the end of June 2025.

The deal ends any doubts over whether the 38-year-old Croatia international would continue at the club, after his midfield companion Toni Kroos decided to retire at the end of the season.

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It also means that the player, who arrived at Real Madrid from Tottenham in the summer of 2012, will have spent 13 seasons at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium.

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"Real Madrid and Luka Modric have agreed to extend the contract of our captain, who will be linked to the club until 30 June 2025."

"Modric arrived at Real Madrid in 2012, and in his 12 seasons representing our shirt he has become a Real Madrid and world football legend," informs the Real Madrid website, adding the midfielder has won "26 titles with Real Madrid, the most titles in the history of our club."

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Modric has made 534 first team appearances for Real Madrid and scored 39 goals, and although last season saw him used increasingly as a substitute, only playing 90 minutes four times in La Liga, his ability on the ball is still vital at moments when Real Madrid need to maintain possession.