Real Madrid Star Expected to Miss Seven Weeks with Injury Blow

Madrid, Spain – Real Madrid will have to plan the next two months without midfielder Dani Ceballos after the club confirmed the 29-year-old sustained a muscle injury during Saturday’s La Liga clash away to Osasuna.

Ceballos entered the contest at El Sadar as a second-half substitute, but his evening quickly turned sour. He lost possession in the buildup to Osasuna’s decisive goal, capping a 2-1 defeat for the visitors, and medical tests later revealed he had strained a muscle before the final whistle.

According to a report from transfer expert Fabrizio Romano, citing COPE journalist Miguel Ángel Díaz, the former Arsenal loanee is expected to be sidelined for approximately seven weeks. The timeline leaves Los Blancos without a player who had been pushing for increased minutes in the centre of the park.

The extended absence compounds a frustrating night for Ceballos, whose error proved costly on the scoreboard and whose injury now forces coach Carlo Ancelotti to reassess his midfield rotation heading into a congested fixture list.

Real Madrid have yet to issue an official medical bulletin, but sources close to the club corroborate the seven-week prognosis, placing a potential return around early February depending on rehabilitation progress.