Raul Asencio injury: Will Real Madrid defender still leave Bernabeu this summer?

Raul Asencio's projected departure from Real Madrid this summertime has been analyzable by quality that the defender has suffered a muscular injury.

There has precocious been a big of speculation surrounding Asencio's future, with Real Madrid caput manager Jose Mourinho believed to beryllium keen to determination the Spaniard connected this summer.

However, Real Madrid person announced that the 23-year-old has suffered a muscular injury.

"Following tests carried retired contiguous connected our subordinate Raul Asencio by the Real Madrid Medical Services, helium has been diagnosed with a musculus wounded successful the rectus femoris of his close leg. His betterment volition beryllium monitored," work a connection from the superior giants.

Los Blancos person not enactment a timeframe connected a imaginable instrumentality for Asencio, but according to AS, the defender volition beryllium absent for the adjacent six weeks.

Asencio facing 'six weeks out' with muscular injury

As a result, it is present incredibly hard to ideate Asencio leaving this summer, arsenic helium would not beryllium capable to walk a aesculapian astatine a projected caller club.

The Spaniard present looks apt to stay astatine Bernabeu until astatine slightest January.

Asencio's carnal trainer Luiso Hernandez precocious said that the defender is determined to stay astatine Bernabeu amid the speculation surrounding his future.

"The cardinal has been to dainty the concern arsenic normal," Hernandez told AS. “To recognize that Real Madrid is the astir demanding situation successful the satellite and that, erstwhile you’re astatine Madrid, you’re exposed to the anticipation of this benignant of happening happening.

“The world is that, contempt each the outer sound that mightiness beryllium generated, you’re present contiguous and you mightiness not beryllium present tomorrow

"He has ever made it wide to maine that helium wants to enactment astatine Madrid, play a cardinal relation and succeed. That’s wherefore we’ve worked to guarantee he’s successful the champion imaginable signifier for this pre-season, which is simply a caller and antithetic concern for each the players astatine Madrid.

"Although past play wasn’t the best, the representation is present wholly antithetic due to the fact that everyone is starting connected an adjacent footing. Beyond that, I judge Raul’s illustration fits perfectly with the caller coaching staff’s vision."

Asencio's wounded has astir surely blocked Real Madrid exit

Asencio represented Real Madrid connected 46 occasions during a breakthrough 2024-25 run earlier featuring 34 times for the elder broadside past term, but helium is present further down the pecking bid pursuing the accomplishment of Ibrahima Konate from Liverpool.

The defender has a declaration astatine Bernabeu until the summertime of 2031, meanwhile, further complicating a imaginable determination distant from the club.