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'Real Madrid would miss Ramos badly' - Altintop calls for captain to be given new contract

Real Madrid should do all they can to keep Sergio Ramos at the club, according to their former midfielder Hamit Altintop.

The 35-year-old Ramos is out of contract at the end of this season and, as yet, there has been no sign of an extension being agreed with the Liga champions.

Ramos has spent almost 16 years at Santiago Bernabeu, making close to 700 appearances for Los Blancos, but has been linked with the likes of Manchester United and Paris Saint-Germain given he is set to become a free agent this summer.

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He is currently sidelined with a calf injury picked up on international duty with Spain, and will sit out Saturday’s Clasico against Barcelona, as well as the second leg of Real’s Champions League quarter-final away to Liverpool on Wednesday.