Actual Madrid can be with no key defender once they return to European motion in February.
Ferland Mendy picked up an harm throughout final week’s Copa del Rey quarter-final conflict towards rivals Atletico Madrid.
It has since been confirmed that the difficulty sustained is a hamstring harm that may hold the left-back out of motion till April on the earliest. Consequently, he can be sidelined for each legs of Madrid’s Champions League Spherical of 16 matches towards Liverpool.
Liverpool will prioritise Champions League development
Carlo Ancelotti’s aspect are the reigning champions and can be eager to carry the profitable trophy for the fifteenth time. Nonetheless, it’s Liverpool’s final remaining probability to choose up some silverware this season, given their distance from the Premier League high 4, and Jurgen Klopp can be eager to go all in.
The Merseyside membership are additionally going through a number of harm issues themselves; Virgil van Dijk is in a race for health to return for the primary leg on February 21 at Anfield. Ibrahima Konate can be at the moment a doubt, because it was reported right now that he had picked up a hamstring difficulty of his personal.
