Overview
- Medina suffered the injury in Marseille’s 4-0 Champions League win over Ajax after a hard foul by Lucas Rosa and was replaced by CJ Egan-Riley.
- An official club medical bulletin diagnosed a right-ankle sprain and estimated an absence of about two months.
- He will miss Marseille’s upcoming Champions League matches against Sporting CP and Atalanta during a decisive stretch of the group stage.
- He has been ruled out of Argentina’s October friendlies in the United States—Venezuela in Miami on October 10 and Puerto Rico in Chicago on October 13—as well as the November window.
- His absence compounds Argentina’s defensive injuries, with Lisandro Martínez still recovering from a knee issue and Nehuén Pérez sidelined by an Achilles rupture; Medina joined Marseille on loan from Lens with a €2 million fee and an €18 million purchase obligation.