Real Madrid captain Sergio Ramos is leaving the club as a free agent after 16 years, 22 titles, and 671 appearances.

A farewell press conference will take place Thursday.

Ramos’ contract will be allowed to expire after months of negotiations. Returning manager Carlo Ancelotti also tried to convince the 35-year-old to stay, according to The Guardian’s Fabrizio Romano.

Madrid offered a one-year deal with a 10% reduction in salary, Marca’s Jose Felix Diaz reports. Ramos was reportedly seeking a multi-year agreement.

Los Blancos usually limit players over the age of 30 to rolling one-year contracts.

Ramos is now likely to play outside of Spain for the first time in his career. He’s been linked with moves to Manchester City, Paris Saint-Germain, and Juventus in recent months.

Ramos’ final season in the Spanish capital didn’t go to plan. A number of injuries – including a knee problem that required surgery in February – limited the Spanish defender to just 15 appearances in La Liga. Madrid ended the campaign without a trophy for the first time since 2009-10.

He leaves behind a hugely successful legacy. Ramos joined Madrid in 2005 from hometown club Sevilla and became captain after Iker Casillas’ departure in 2015. He’s widely regarded as one of the finest center-backs of his generation, having won La Liga five times, the Champions League four times, and the Copa del Rey twice.

Juventus, Barcelona, and Real Madrid will be allowed to partake in the Champions League next season despite their unwillingness to distance themselves from the doomed Super League project.

“Admission letters have been sent to all clubs participating in next season’s UEFA club competitions today,” UEFA told Reuters on Tuesday, according to ESPN.

There were suggestions in recent months, primarily from UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin, that the three teams still clinging to the infamous Super League could be banned from the Champions League.

UEFA suspended disciplinary proceedings against the trio earlier this month. Ceferin was adamant the proceedings will resume.

The nine other clubs that originally signed up for the Super League have since withdrawn from the breakaway competition, leaving just the aforementioned group of three.

Juve finished fourth in Serie A this past season, securing their top-four spot on the final day of the campaign. Real Madrid and Barcelona, meanwhile, finished second and third in La Liga, respectively, behind champions Atletico Madrid.

Danish legend Peter Schmeichel slammed UEFA for lacking compassion when it allowed Denmark’s Euro 2020 meeting with Finland to continue after Christian Eriksen collapsed on the pitch.

Eriksen, 29, remains in stable condition following his medical emergency late in the first half of Saturday’s match, the Danish Football Federation said Sunday. The playmaker was given CPR and treated on the pitch for around 10 minutes before being taken to a Copenhagen hospital.

Many of Denmark’s players were extremely emotional as the scenes unfolded – including Schmeichel’s son, Leicester City goalkeeper Kasper – but the game eventually resumed due to a request “made by players of both teams,” according to UEFA.

“It’s a ridiculous decision by UEFA. They should have tried to work out a different scenario and shown a little bit of compassion, and they didn’t,” Schmeichel said, per BBC Sport.

UEFA gave the players two options: to finish the fixture later on Saturday or to complete it Sunday, BBC Sport reports. After learning that Eriksen was conscious in hospital, both teams opted for the former option in a collective meeting.

“That would be the worst two hours in my time in football,” Schmeichel, a Euro 1992 winner with Denmark, continued.

“Something terrible like that happens and UEFA gives the players an option to go out and play the game or come back at 12:00 on Sunday. What kind of option is that? The result of the game is completely irrelevant. I mean, how can you play?”

The incident was followed by numerous tributes across the game. Eriksen’s Inter Milan teammate Romelu Lukaku and his former Tottenham Hotspur colleague Heung-Min Son both expressed their love for the midfielder during their goal celebrations while on duty with Belgium and South Korea, respectively. Fans of Denmark and Finland chanted Eriksen’s name at Parken Stadium before the match restarted.

Finland went on to win the group-stage affair, 1-0.