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Sergio Ramos will leave Real Madrid after 16 seasons following an “institutional act of tribute and farewell” from his club and president Florentino Perez on Thursday, the club announced Wednesday.
The 35-year-old Andalusian defender left boyhood club Sevilla while still a teenager in 2005 and embarked on a monumental trophy hunt with Real.
Injuries limited Ramos to under 1,800 minutes this season, but he played over 3000 minutes the prior season and has only, oh, about 500 La Liga matches under his belt.
Controversy follows a player with the propensity to pull the grimy out of his locker and trash talk out of his voice box, but Ramos is a serial winner who has been linked with everyone from Manchester United and Liverpool to Inter Miami.
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Oh, and there’s also the matter of an absurd three-trophy run with Spain as Ramos was a part of winning EURO 2008, th3 2010 World Cup, and EURO 2012.—AP
