Ancelotti and Florentino have received quite surprising news from the medical department regarding the Brazilian defender. It turns out that the time to return to the fields has changed.
Both the president and the coach of Real Madrid were surprised by the news of Eder Militao’s return. Recall that on August 13, the Brazilian defender suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament. The first diagnostics indicated that the timing for the Carioca’s return to competition would be around May.
Ancelotti considered him lost for virtually the entire season and Florentino agreed with the coach. Therefore, the arrival of a central defender for the winter market was high on the Merengue agenda. However, the good news from the medical department is that there will be no need to sign the defense as Militao is close to his return.
According to Merengues doctors, Éder Militao has agreed to return in March
It will no longer be mid-May but early March and there is even a possibility that the Rio defender’s return will take place at the end of February.. This completely changed the timetable that the coaching staff and sports management had already prepared. It is known that there are several names of central defenders in the white folder and there has already been an approach to each of them.
In this way, Militao is already doing physical work with and without the ball, which shows that his development has been satisfactory. Doctors are pleased with the player’s accelerated recovery, but recommend doing everything in moderation. However, this does not mean that new defensive signings are completely out of the question.
The good news about Militao’s return does not completely stop the signings for the Madridista defense
The fact that the former Porto player can return to competition this season does not mean that a defensive signing is completely out of the question. There are two options that force the white club to continue the race for these signings. Firstly, there are still two and a half months left until the Carioca returns. And secondly, David Alaba is also seriously injured.
At the very least, Real Madrid still have to complete the signing of a central defender in this winter window. So the names that José Ángel Sánchez and Florentino Pérez have on the agenda will continue to be there. Benfica’s António Silva, Girona’s Miguel Gutiérrez, Manchester United’s Raphael Varane and Kalidou Koulibaly from Al-Hilal are among the most relevant options.