Real Madrid Dealt Huge Blow As Luka Modric Ruled Out With Muscle Injury

Real Madrid have been dealt a crush­ing injury blow with news that star mid­field­er Luka Mod­ric is set to miss their next three cru­cial fix­tures, Scan­dals­mag can exclu­sive­ly reveal.

Sources close to Los Blan­cos have told us that Mod­ric suf­fered a mus­cle prob­lem in train­ing this week and med­ical staff have all but ruled him out of the upcom­ing Copa del Rey final and Cham­pi­ons League semi-finals. The influ­en­tial Croa­t­ian inter­na­tion­al was report­ed­ly in agony after pick­ing up the thigh injury and has failed to recov­er despite inten­sive reha­bil­i­ta­tion efforts over recent days.

In a dev­as­tat­ing turn of events for Real boss Car­lo Ancelot­ti, Mod­ric is now unlike­ly to fea­ture against Osasuna in the Copa del Rey show­piece this week­end or in the Cham­pi­ons League last four first leg clash with Man­ches­ter City next week. How­ev­er, there is hope the mid­field mae­stro could return for the Eti­had return on 17 May if he responds well to fur­ther treatment.

Ancelot­ti has an array of mid­field options to call upon to fill the size­able void left by Mod­ric, includ­ing Fede Valverde, Eduar­do Camavin­ga, Aure­lian Tchoua­meni and Dani Cebal­los. Cebal­los is viewed as the most like-for-like replace­ment, while Valverde, Kroos and Camavin­ga have oper­at­ed on the left of a mid­field three in big match­es this season.

The injury news will come as a frus­trat­ing set­back for Madrid as they chase a his­toric tre­ble this cam­paign. How­ev­er, Ancelot­ti’s squad depth means they should have enough qual­i­ty to cope with­out their influ­en­tial num­ber 10 over the com­ing games. Mod­ric will no doubt be tar­get­ing a return in time for the Cham­pi­ons League final in Paris lat­er this month should Real nav­i­gate their way past City.