Real Madrid, the holder of the Spanish Football League title, is racing against time to try to fill the gaps caused by the injury crisis that has struck its players since the beginning of the current season.
The Brazilian trio, Eder Militao and Rodrigo, and the Spanish Lucas Vazquez, joined Real Madrid’s list of absences in the coming period after their injuries in the “Merengue” match yesterday, Saturday, against Osasuna, especially Militao, whose season ended due to a complete tear in the anterior cruciate ligament and an injury to the meniscus in his right leg. According to the Royal Club statement.
The Spanish newspaper “Marca” confirmed that Real Madrid will enter the next winter transfer market with full force for the first time in years, especially since the team will play without a right back and with a single center back until next January, something that the Italian coach Carlo Ancelotti is fully aware of.
According to the newspaper close to the club, the Real Madrid administration began a month and a half ago to search for players capable of filling these gaps, and described the movement as “very urgent and the most influential and serious” in 5 years.
Among the solutions on Real Madrid’s table in the near term:
- Frenchman Castelo Lukeba, the heart of the German Leipzig defense, recently renewed his contract with the team until the summer of 2029, but this will not stand in the way of completing the deal if the “Merengue” so desires, because the Leipzig administration does not mind negotiating the release clause in its players’ contracts.
- Dutch player Gurel Hato, Ajax Amsterdam player, is an ideal choice for Real Madrid to solve the full-back crisis because he has experience and suits the team’s style.
- The Spanish defender, Aymeric Laporte, the Saudi Al-Nasr defender, is considered the most likely to wear the Real Madrid shirt in the winter, to the point that the newspaper indicated that many believe that the deal may be completed with a simple phone call, especially since the player has previously expressed his desire to wear the Real Madrid shirt.
At the same time, “Merengue” officials are not thinking about the return of its former captain Sergio Ramos at all, even though the player has been without a team since his departure from Seville last summer, a contract requested by former player Guti, and a large segment of the team’s fans dream of… With that.
Regarding planning for both the near and distant future, the Spanish newspaper explained that there is a rapprochement between Real Madrid and English Liverpool full-back Trent Alexander-Arnold, who was also injured during his team’s match against Aston Villa in the English Premier League, but his absence from the stadiums will not be long, knowing that The player refuses to renew his contract with the Reds, which expires in the summer of 2025.
Real Madrid plans to obtain Arnold’s signature next January and include the player at the same time, if Liverpool decides to sell the remaining six months of the English full-back’s contract. If that does not happen, this plan will be postponed until next summer.
With the injury of Militao, Vasquez and Rodrigo, the number of injured among the Spanish and European champions rises to 7, with the trio joining their colleagues:
- Belgian Thibaut Courtois
- Austrian David Alaba
- Frenchman Aurelien Chaomini
- Spaniard Dani Carvajal
