Mbappé out 10 to 12 days with a knee injury
Kylian Mbappé picked up a left knee injury on international duty and is out for 10 to 12 days (6). Konaté went down in the same window (6). Both are Real Madrid players, and both happened during a stretched international break.
That timing hurts. Thirteen days separate it from Villarreal at home on Saturday, October 10, and this squad has not exactly been lucky with fitness. Position 4 of 20, 15 points from 7 games, and the form line reads L W W W L.
Ten to twelve days means Mbappé is racing the clock for Villarreal. Real Madrid have not said anything more.
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Injuries keep piling up at Valdebebas
Sixty injuries last season. That is the number Spanish media keep coming back to, and they are calling it the never-ending story at the Bernabéu, no matter who sits in the dugout (1).
Vinicius, Gonzalo, Brahim and Fran García are the names on the list (1). Add Mbappé and Konaté from this international window and you get the same movie again (6). You have watched this for years now.
Militao is back in the picture
Militao's recovery is one of the big front-page stories in the Spanish sports press (3). After the injury run this club has had, seeing his name in that context is the good kind of news.
Spanish national team talk shares the back pages with him, and Samuel Sánchez takes the AS cover (3).
Bayern are not selling Olise
Michael Olise is untouchable. That is the read out of Bayern Munich: he is not leaving before 2028, and Real Madrid have been told as much (5).
Madrid pushed for him in the most recent window and got nowhere (5). The door stays shut for a while.
Mac Allister leaves his future open
Alexis Mac Allister is not closing any doors. "Il n'y a pas encore de décision définitive gravée dans le marbre. La réalité, c'est que j'ai encore deux ans de contrat," he said (7).
He is under contract until 2028 and has been regularly linked with Real Madrid (7). Nothing signed, nothing ruled out.
Barcelona are taking Madrid to court
Barcelona are furious with Real Madrid and the two clubs are heading to court over the Negreira case, with a possible procedure against the club president (2).
This is a club-level fight, not a football one. It will run in the background of the season whatever happens on the pitch (2).
The women's team won before the Clásico
Real Madrid Femenino had to grind it out against Real Sociedad before the Clásico in Liga F Moeve matchday 5 (4).
Barça rotated and still won, and Sara Ortega was the standout as Athletic beat Atlético (4). Madrid got the job done the hard way.
Márquez rates Gilberto Mora
Rafael Márquez thinks Gilberto Mora can play for Real Madrid. "Es muy joven, tiene un futuro interesante, tiene calidad para jugar en cualquier equipo," he said (9).
Mora is Mexico's number 10 and has been linked with Madrid, and Márquez says he still has to win something before that talk gets serious (9).
Cuauhtémoc Blanco was already agreed
The old story resurfaced: Blanco's move to Real Madrid was already closed, with a single adaptation season at Valladolid planned before the jump (8).
Fan reactions
The mood on r/realmadrid is split between awe at Arda Güler and exhaustion with how badly this club's players get talked about. One thread calls his performance against Italy a one-man army, another is a long, honest post from a fan since 2009 about not letting the pile-on get to him personally. The Güler praise keeps coming.
