Overview
- Rüdiger sustained the injury during Real Madrid’s final training session before the away match at Real Sociedad in San Sebastián.
- The club’s medical exams identified damage to the rectus femoris in his left thigh, and further evaluation is pending with no firm timeline provided.
- Outlets including Marca, AS, and Cadena Cope report an expected absence of roughly 10–12 weeks, with some estimates stretching to three months.
- Germany are expected to be without the 32-year-old for the next two qualifying windows, compounding existing injury issues in Julian Nagelsmann’s squad.
- The setback follows summer surgery for a partial lateral meniscus tear that kept Rüdiger out of the Nations League before his recent return to the national team.