Pretty shabby move from Florentino. Modric accepted the bench, a low salary, is one of the biggest legends of Madrid, played together with Alonso, could have helped him greatly with the squad management, a leading figure for the young players and more. Discarded even a 200m/y salary from SA.
He definitely deserved and earned another year for his ultimate retirement during WC. Not to mention he was still good enough for most of LaLiga teams. But Perez seems like a grumpy dictator lately. Madrid's look from outside suffers, which is good for us.