Overview
- Reports relayed from Mundo Deportivo say Dani Carvajal and Trent Alexander-Arnold are progressing and targeting the October 26 El Clásico.
- Real Madrid has issued no confirmation on either player’s availability and will not rush a return without medical sign-off.
- Alexander-Arnold, sidelined since September 16 with a hamstring injury initially pegged at six to eight weeks, is reported as a possibility for Getafe or Juventus before El Clásico.
- Carvajal’s right-calf injury from late September carried an estimated one-month recovery, and he is accelerating rehabilitation to try to make the fixture.
- Madrid Universal notes match readiness remains in doubt, with Federico Valverde and Raul Asencio covering at right-back and additional injuries to Antonio Rüdiger, Dean Huijsen and Ferland Mendy stretching the defense.