Overview

• The club’s medical report says the captain has a right-soleus muscle injury and notes his recovery is pending evolution.
• The injury occurred during the Madrid Derby defeat to Atlético de Madrid.
• Reporting points to an absence of roughly four weeks, leaving his availability for the 26 October Clásico in doubt.
• With Trent Alexander-Arnold unavailable until November, Real Madrid have no fit specialist right-backs.
• Internal stopgaps under consideration include Fede Valverde or Raúl Asencio covering at right-back.