After Dani Carvajal\u2019s severe injury on Sunday against Villarreal, surgeon Pablo Gelber has warned Real Madrid of a serious risk to the player\u2019s right side.<\/p>\n
During the match against Villarreal on Saturday, part of the ninth day of LaLiga, Dani Carvajal sustained one of the most significant injuries in football. While attempting to clear the ball against a Villarreal player, the Spanish right-back suffered extreme knee pain, causing alarm. Carvajal, visibly distressed, was carried off the field on a stretcher in tears, and the diagnosis that followed confirmed the worst.<\/p>\n
On Sunday morning, Real Madrid released a statement announcing the feared news: \u201cFollowing the medical examinations performed on our player Dani Carvajal, he has been diagnosed with a rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament, a rupture of the external collateral ligament, and a rupture of the popliteal tendon in his right leg. He will undergo surgery in the coming days.\u201d<\/p>\n
Surgeon Pablo Gelber provided further grim news for Carvajal. In an interview with *Marca*, Gelber cautioned that Carvajal, now 32 years old, may not fully recover to his previous form, given his age. Gelber expressed doubts about Carvajal\u2019s ability to return to his peak performance post-surgery: \u201cI wouldn\u2019t speak of a recovery period of less than 12 months,\u201d he stated. He also emphasized a key challenge in recovery, saying, \u201cAnother issue is returning to the same athletic level, which, in cold statistics, is no higher than 50 or 60%.\u201d
\nThis prognosis is a significant concern for Real Madrid. Despite this, the club had been eager to extend the Spanish international\u2019s contract until 2026, as his current contract was nearing its end. At 32 years old, this injury might spell the end of Carvajal\u2019s career, especially with Real Madrid\u2019s ongoing interest in Liverpool\u2019s Trent Alexander-Arnold as a potential replacement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
After Dani Carvajal\u2019s severe injury on Sunday against Villarreal, surgeon Pablo Gelber has warned Real Madrid of a serious risk to the player\u2019s right side. During the match against Villarreal on Saturday, part of the ninth day of LaLiga, Dani Carvajal sustained one of the most significant injuries in football. While attempting to clear the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":22647,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n