May 22 (UPI) -- Luka Modric will leave Real Madrid this summer after the Club World Cup, ending his 13-year tenure with the Spanish La Liga power, he announced Thursday.

"Dear Madridistas, the time has come," the Croatian midfielder wrote on Instagram . "The moment I never wanted to come, but that's football, and in life everything has a beginning and an end."

Modric, 39, will play in his final home match at Santiago Bernabeu Stadium when Madrid hosts Real Sociedad on Saturday in Madrid.

Madrid will take on Al-Hilal of the Saudi Pro League in a Club World Cup match June 18 in Miami Gardens, Fla.

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