Real Madrid injuries: Fitness updates and return dates ahead of March international break
Real Madrid remain in good shape for the final few months of the 2023/24 season, leading the La Liga title race with a Champions League quarter-final tie against Manchester City also to look forward.
However, Carlo Ancelotti has had his fair share of injuries, fitness issues and suspensions to deal with throughout the campaign. That Los Blancos are eight points clear in first place in Spain's top flight ahead of the March international break is a testament to the Italian's mastery of his craft.
Thankfully for Ancelotti and Madrid, the situation is clearing up ahead of the run-in. Here's where their injured stars stand in regard to potential comebacks once international fixtures are over.
Belgian shot-stopper Thibaut Courtois suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury in training before the season got rolling last summer. He has missed most of the campaign, with Andriy Lunin outperforming Kepa Arrizabalaga to earn Los Blancos' goalkeeper spot in Courtois' absence.
A club statement at the time read: «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.»
That surgery was successful but Courtois has still missed 45 games in the 2023/24 season and admitted his Euro 2024 hopes were all but over, aside from his drama with those in charge of the national team set-up.
Courtois was feared to miss the whole of 2023/24 with his ACL injury, but optimism has emerged in recent weeks suggesting the former Chelsea stopper could be available before the end of the campaign.
Those reports were backed up when manager Ancelotti revealed both Courtois and Eder Militao had returned to training and could be back
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