Season ended for Dani Carvajal (32 years old). Victim of three knee ruptures, the Real Madrid captain is unavailable for at least the next eight months. Enough to push Real Madrid to take action to recruit a right back. However, PSG could breathe for Achraf Hakimi.
The Real Madrid lost Dani Carvajal Saturday evening. The captain of the team coached by Carlo Ancelotti suffered three ruptures at the knee: anterior cruciate ligament, external collateral, popliteal tendon. Which should deprive him of 8 to 10 months of competition.
Dani Carvajal is injured, Real Madrid is active in the transfer window
Under contract until June 2025, Dani Carvajal (32 years old) was granted a new lease by the Merengue leaders which now binds him until the summer of 2026. But between now and his return to competition, Real Madrid will be greatly reduced in the right-back position.
Real Madrid will go second for Alexander-Arnold
According to information from Markthe decision-makers’ initial plan would have been to wait and see if Trent Alexander–Arnold was going to extend his contract in order to avoid negotiating a possible contract in January while the Englishman’s lease at Liverpool will expire next June. However, the injury of Dani Carvajal should speed up the recruitment processAlexander-Arnold. Enough to allow the PSG to breathe for Achraf Judge. Relief revealed a still concrete interest of Real Madrid for the Moroccan recently, but the discussions in Paris for the renewal of the contractJudge (June 2026) are going well.