Ceballos does not wrinkle and bets on Madrid: renewed until 2027

In mid-February of this year, Dani Ceballos was on the crest of the wave of Real Madrid. Since the return of the World Cup in Qatar until the second month of the year, the Andalusian had played 13 of the 14 games Madrid had had, eight of them as a starter. A goal in the Cup against Villarreal, five assists (his highest in a season since 2015).. He felt, and was being, very important to Carlo Ancelotti. But his contract, with an expiration date on June 30, 2023, had some doubts. The club's technical management planned the hiring of Jude Bellingham and took for granted the contract extensions of Toni Kroos and Luka Modric. With Camavinga, Tchouaméni and Valverde as regulars, Ceballos appeared as the seventh option in the rotation in midfield. Four months later, and nine assists later, Madrid have announced the renewal of his contract until June 30, 2027. Four years of trust.

“Where some only see the difficult, others look for the opportunity. Where some give up, others do not stop fighting for our dreams. Excited and happy to continue 4 more years in the best club in the world. The dream continues”, wrote the player on his social networks.

The reality is that Ceballos has been the 17th footballer most used by Ancelotti, the sixth midfielder behind the aforementioned. That, together with the signing of Bellingham and the closed renewal of Modric, will leave him with many minutes on the bench. He, however, trusts in the medium term. Assume, and so does Madrid, that the Croatian has one season left at the Santiago Bernabéu, and perhaps Toni Kroos as well. At 26, the four years that the former Betis player has signed place him as an important man for the coming years in Madrid's midfield. Always, in principle, in a lower hierarchical step than the youngsters, although perhaps benefiting from the fact that the whites change their scheme towards a 4-4-2.

“Dani Ceballos has defended the Real Madrid shirt in 120 games over four seasons, in which he has won 11 titles: 2 European Cups, 3 Club World Cups, 2 European Super Cups, 1 League, 1 Copa del Rey and 2 Super Cups of Spain”, announced Madrid.

The Andalusian, who disappeared during the first part of the season, played minutes in all the Champions League qualifiers except in the first leg against City, between January and June he only stayed without playing in one league game and the only games he saw since the bench in the Cup were the first leg of the semi against Barça and the final against Osasuna.