Real Madrid injury news: Los Blancos hit with fresh fitness blow as defender suffers fractured toe

Real Madrid person revealed that Dani Carvajal has suffered a fractured toe, though the defender is expected to beryllium backmost connected the tract earlier the extremity of the campaign.

Carvajal has had a hard season, being restricted to conscionable 20 appearances successful each competitions for Los Blancos, and helium is present expected to miss astatine slightest his side's adjacent 3 matches.

"Following tests carried retired connected our subordinate Dani Carvajal by Real Madrid’s Medical Services, helium has been diagnosed with a fracture of the distal phalanx of the 5th toed connected his close foot. To beryllium assessed further," work a connection from Real Madrid.

Los Blancos person not issued a timeframe successful presumption of a imaginable return, but according to AS, the Spaniard is acceptable to beryllium connected the sidelines for the adjacent mates of weeks.

Carvajal could truthful perchance instrumentality for the team's last 2 La Liga games of the run against Sevilla (May 17) and Athletic Bilbao (May 24).

Real Madrid corroborate Carvajal injury

However, the Spaniard volition miss matches with Espanyol (May 3), Barcelona (May 10) and Real Oviedo (May 14).

Carvajal, successful theory, should beryllium disposable to correspond Spain astatine the 2026 World Cup, but it remains to beryllium seen whether helium is selected by La Roja caput manager Luis de la Fuente.

Real Madrid are presently 11 points down leaders Barcelona successful the La Liga table, and the destination of the title could beryllium decided this weekend.

Should Barcelona bushed Osasuna connected Saturday night, Real Madrid would request to flooded Espanyol connected Sunday evening to forestall Hansi Flick's squad from being confirmed arsenic champions.

Barcelona could beryllium confirmed arsenic La Liga champions this weekend

“I expect a lucifer with 2 teams that request to triumph owed to the antithetic situations we face. As always, Espanyol’s stadium is simply a pugnacious venue," Real Madrid caput manager Alvaro Arbeloa told reporters.

"There is ever a large atmosphere, with an outstanding instrumentality basal and a large team, with a fantastic coach. Surely, the results are not arsenic bully arsenic the enactment they person been doing for rather a fewer weeks.

"What I’ve seen from Espanyol arsenic a squad this play has impressed maine greatly, truthful I person a batch of respect for them, and we are alert of the trouble we volition look tomorrow.”

Real Madrid person lone won 1 of their past six matches successful each competitions, portion they person not been victorious distant from location successful Spain's apical formation since the commencement of March.