Dani Carvajal of Real Madrid to undergo another knee operation | OneFootball

The right-back of Real Madrid, Dani Carvajal, will undergo surgery again to have an arthroscopy on his right knee, the club announced on Monday.

The Spanish national team player came off the bench and played almost half an hour — including extra time — in his team's 2-1 victory over Barcelona on Sunday at the Santiago Bernabéu stadium.

"After the examinations carried out on our captain Dani Carvajal by Real Madrid's medical services, the presence of an articular loose body in the right knee was diagnosed," the club said in a statement.

The player, who felt discomfort during the classic against Barça, will be sidelined for between six and ten weeks, according to the Spanish press.

This is the same knee in which he suffered, on October 5 of last year, a rupture of the cruciate ligament, the external collateral ligament, and the popliteal tendon — an injury that kept him off the field for nine months.

Carvajal returned to play in the Club World Cup in the United States but only reappeared in the classic after missing two Spanish Championship matches due to an injury suffered in the 5-2 defeat to Atlético de Madrid at the Metropolitano at the end of September.

With this absence, Xabi Alonso will count on the Englishman Trent Alexander-Arnold, who has just recovered from an injury, as the only available right-back, although he can also resort to the versatile Uruguayan midfielder Fede Valverde.

After the victory over Barcelona, Real Madrid consolidated its lead in the Spanish Championship with 27 points, five more than the Catalan team, which is in second place.

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