Madrid captain Carvajal in race against time for Spain’s World Cup squad

Spain planetary Dani ⁠Carvajal injured his close ft during a grooming league for Real Madrid past week.

Spain manager ‌Luis de la Fuente says ⁠Dani ⁠Carvajal could inactive marque his World Cup squad but the close backmost indispensable beryllium his ⁠fitness and signifier aft suffering a ft wounded successful grooming ⁠with his nine Real Madrid past week.

“Carvajal is simply a precise important fig successful our dressing room,” de la Fuente said connected Wednesday.

“I really spoke with him yesterday, truthful I’m alert ‌of what’s going on. He doesn’t person a circumstantial injury, thing serious, but helium needs clip to get backmost to his accustomed level.

“We’ll spot successful the remaining matches whether helium genuinely gets the accidental and delivers the performances.”

De ⁠la Fuente added that Carvajal, ⁠who made conscionable 1 quality for Spain successful 2025, would recognize if helium is near retired of the squad for the ⁠World Cup, which is being held successful the United States, Canada ⁠and Mexico from June 11 to ⁠July 19.

He joins a database of players who person sustained injuries successful the weeks earlier the World Cup with Spanish teammate Lamine Yamal among them.

Carvajal, 34, is approaching the last weeks of his declaration with Real and has struggled for crippled clip this play ‌amid contention from Trent Alexander-Arnold.

Spain statesman their World Cup run against Cape Verde connected June 15 ‌and ‌also look Saudi Arabia and Uruguay successful Group H.

(Al Jazeera)