Overview
- Inter confirmed Thursday that clinical tests at the Instituto Humanitas in Rozzano found a muscular inflammation in Martínez’s left hamstring.
- The problem emerged after Martínez played the full Champions League game against Club Brugge earlier this week, in which he scored twice.
- The club has announced a minimum three-week absence while Italian media have reported a longer recovery that could stretch to about one and a half months with a possible return around November 22.
- If the longer timeline holds Martínez would miss several Serie A matches including the Milan derby and key Champions League group games against Shakhtar Donetsk and Feyenoord.
- Martínez’s rehabilitation over the coming weeks will decide whether he can join Argentina for the Nov. 9–17 FIFA window and it will also shape how Inter adjusts its attack in the short term.