Thibaut Courtois, the goalkeeper for Real Madrid, will miss the whole 2018–19 season after rupturing his ACL.

According to claims on social media that Courtois left a training session in tears on a stretcher, Los Blancos has acknowledged that Courtois will be out for an extended period of time.

And on the eve of the new season, the worst worries of the three-time LaLiga champions came true.

Courtois allegedly sustained the injury on Thursday morning and was escorted off the practice field in tears, per COPE.

Real Madrid medical professionals immediately performed tests to determine the severity of the injury.

The club has since announced that the Belgian will need to sit out a significant amount of time.

In the best-case scenario for Madrid, the former Chelsea star will need surgery and will most likely return in April.

In a statement, it was stated: “Our player Thibaut Courtois has been identified as suffering from a damaged anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee.

“The player is scheduled to have surgery soon.”

In order to locate a replacement, Real Madrid is about to open the transfer market, and several candidates have already been predicted.

Bayern Munich is interested in Kepa Arrizabalaga, who Chelsea is willing to loan out.

And despite reaching an agreement with the star of Brentford, David Raya, Arsenal has not yet formalized a move for him.

But it’s bad news for Carlo Ancelotti, who was already under pressure to win back the league after Barcelona defeated him.

present-day backup Over the course of his five years at the Bernabeu, Andriy Lunin has only ever appeared in nine LaLiga games.

Jude Bellingham and Arda Guler have already received a significant portion of the summer money.

The new Real Madrid campaign begins on Saturday when they travel to take on Athletic Bilbao.

It appears extremely improbable that the Spanish powerhouses will have a replacement on the field by kickoff.