Real Madrid confirm Dani Carvajal will leave club following end of season

[p]The Spain international, who has played 450 times for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/real-madrid/W8mj7MDD/"]Madrid[/a], has won 27 trophies, including six Champions Leagues and four LaLiga titles.[/p][p][b]"Real Madrid wishes to express its gratitude and affection to one of the greatest legends of our club and world football,"[/b] said the Spanish giants in a statement.[/p][embed guid="dfd2c752-8b62-4d8f-a458-e62bca9087ed" url="https://x.com/realmadriden/status/2056331714746831003" social-type="twitter" /][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/carvajal-daniel/rZh5FTHE/"]Carvajal[/a], 34, came through Real Madrid's La Fabrica youth academy, and after signing for Bayer Leverkusen in 2012, Los Blancos bought him back the following summer.[/p][p][b]"Carvajal is a legend and a symbol of Real Madrid and its academy," [/b]said Real Madrid president Florentino Perez.[/p][image alt="Carvajal's key stats in the ongoing LaLiga season" id="c30952f4-58c1-429f-acf3-1fecac468619" credit-line="Opta by StatsPerform / AFP" guid="8f60854e-3ef8-4a97-acf8-540367aa8e08" original-width="1080" original-height="1080" /][p]The defender was hoping to play for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/spain/bLyo6mco/"]Spain[/a] at the World Cup this summer but has struggled with various injuries through a disappointing campaign and will not be called up by coach Luis de la Fuente, according to Spanish media.[/p][p]Carvajal will play his last match for the club at the Santiago Bernabeu [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/ath-bilbao-IP5zl0cJ/real-madrid-W8mj7MDD/?mid=hf989Iwo"]this weekend against Athletic Club in LaLiga[/a], at the end of a second straight season without a major trophy for Madrid.[/p]