Incoming Real Madrid manager Xabi Alonso has urged the club to offer a new contract to veteran midfielder Luka Modrić, Spanish media report. Modrić, who turns 40 in September, has spent the past few years signing one-year contract extensions but is yet to ink fresh terms this time around,

Former Real Madrid player turned coach Xabi Alonso is expected to arrive at the club in the summer to replace the departing Carlo Ancelotti as he moves on to the Brazil national team. Alonso has had a stellar three years at Bayer Leverkusen and is ready to make the big jump to one of Europe's top clubs.

The incoming new Los Blancos manager is keen on signing a top German star that his former club Liverpool are also interested in, according to a report in the Spanish media