The Croatian midfielder will be able to get a bandage only in exceptional cases..
The departure of two central defenders of Real Madrid, Sergio Ramos and Rafael Varan, into the current transfer window not only provoked problems for the “creamy” with the selection of performers for these positions, but also caused the need to amend the list of players who have priority rights to receive the captain's armband.
So, the Spanish footballer had the unquestioning right to bring the team to the game, while the Frenchman was assigned only the fourth of the available options.
As it became known to El Mundo Deportivo, the Brazilian flank defender Marcelo, immediately after Ramos left the team, replaced him at the top of the captaincy hierarchy, and the next two positions behind him remained unchanged - Karim Benzema and Nacho Fernandez.
As for the fourth place that became vacant, the decision of the team was to transfer it to Croatian midfielder Luka Modric, who has been playing for Blancos for nine years..