“After the tests carried out on our player Thibaut Courtois, he has been diagnosed with a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee. The player will undergo surgery in the coming days,” the Spanish giants said on Thursday.

Real Madrid suffered a huge blow just before the start of the 2023/24 La Liga season as their first choice keeper Thibaut Courtois diagnosed with a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee.

“After the tests carried out on our player Thibaut Courtois, he has been diagnosed with a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee. The player will undergo surgery in the coming days,” the Spanish giants said on Thursday.

According to various reports, the goalie was injured in training and left the ground in tears. With an ACL injury now confirmed, it’s still difficult to say when the player can return to action.

The fact that Madrid will start the season without a star striker or goalkeeper only makes their troubles worse. On August 13, the 14-time UCL champions will play Athletic Bilbao to open their La Liga season.

Journalist Fabrizio Romano claims that Real Madrid is prepared to search for a replacement goalkeeper in order to fill in for Courtois.

The Spanish superpower has yet to find a player of equal stature to replace Benzema, the team’s finest player over the previous several seasons and the Ballon d’Or winner last year, who made the expensive transfer to Saudi Arabian soccer.

Madrid’s roster only had four attackers with less than a week till the start of the season, and there was only one true striker among them.

Madrid has made attempts to sign Kylian Mbappé but has not been successful in doing so. To ultimately bring him to the Santiago Bernabeu, it might be necessary to wait until his contract with Paris Saint-Germain expires at the end of the current campaign.

Only Joselu, currently on loan from Espanyol, has been acquired by Madrid. The 33-year-old striker, who has played frequently for Spain’s national team, found success later in his career. The aim is that he can work well together with Rodrygo and Vincius Jnior, the young Brazilian combination who last season showed signs they can play a bigger part in attack.