Actual Madrid midfielder Eduardo Camavinga will miss the UEFA Tremendous Cup and the beginning of the brand new La Liga season because of a knee harm suffered in coaching.
The second was captured on movie, and extensively shared on social media, as Madrid skilled at Warsaw’s Nationwide Stadium the day earlier than Wednesday evening’s conflict with Atalanta.
The Frenchman gave the impression to be in appreciable ache, having slipped and jarred his left knee. Madrid medics carried out checks on Wednesday morning and had been in a position to allay fears a couple of long-term absence, however Camavinga will nonetheless be sidelined for plenty of weeks.
“Following checks carried out at the moment on our participant Eduardo Camavinga, he has been identified with a sprain of the interior collateral ligament in his left knee,” a press release from the membership learn.
Such a sprain is estimated to come back with a six or seven week restoration timeframe.
Deeply disenchanted to select up this harm and miss the beginning of the season. I’ll work onerous to be again quickly. Thanks for all of the messages of help over the previous few hours and likewise need to want the crew properly for the sport tonight! At all times thanks god 🙏🏾 pic.twitter.com/gXKl9kH9q1
— Eduardo Camavinga (@Camavinga) August 14, 2024
It suggests Camavinga will not return to motion till late September or early October. Throughout that point, he can be absent for not solely the Tremendous Cup sport in Poland, but in addition no less than Madrid’s opening seven La Liga fixtures towards Mallorca, Actual Valladolid, Las Palmas, Actual Betis, Actual Sociedad, Espanyol and Alaves. He might additionally miss an eighth, with the primary metropolis derby towards Atletico on 29 September.
Matchday one of many re-formatted Champions League falls inside these weeks as properly.
Camavinga is predicted to play a giant position in Madrid’s midfield this season, with Toni Kroos having retired through the summer time and no direct alternative recruited. His absence may very well be coated by a mixture of Luke Modric and Dani Ceballos, whereas Jude Bellingham might even start to function in a barely deeper position because of the arrival of Kylian Mbappe up entrance.
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