Real Madrid team news ahead of Valencia clash: Arda Güler, Kepa, Rüdiger...

The Turk did not take the field. The tests confirm Kepa’s injury, who will be out for three weeks. Ancelotti has seven absent to receive Valencia.

Arda Güler has been called up for Real Madrid’s last two games but has not played a single minute for the club yet. The Turkish talent worked in the gym for Real Madrid’s last training session before Saturday’s match against Valencia at the Bernabéu. Carlo Ancelotti revealed last Saturday that the club’s coaching staff had prepared a specific plan for Güler’s fitness.

The other news from the session was that Kepa’s injury was confirmed. After the scans he underwent on Thursday, today’s tests have confirmed that the goalkeeper is suffering from a right thigh injury, according to a medical report released by Real Madrid. The goalkeeper, who picked up the injury in the warm-up for Wednesday’s match against Braga, will be out for three weeks.

For the time being, Kepa will miss tomorrow’s game against Valencia. His absence has led to the presence of several goalkeepers from the youth academy in the first team training session. Piñeiro, Fran, Guille and Súnico joined the session alongside Andriy Lunin. The international break will minimise the impact of Kepa’s absence, who will still miss the games against Cádiz (Nov. 26) and Napoli (Nov. 29) but he could be ready for Granada’s visit to the Bernabéu (Dec. 2).

Ancelotti had up to seven absentees in Friday’s session. In addition to the Basque goalkeeper and Arda Güler (who is training indoors), Dani Ceballos and Aurélien Tchouameni remain sidelined as do Thibaut Courtois and Éder Militao. Centre-back Antonio Rüdiger was also absent, as he will not be able to play due to suspension. Jude Bellingham - who did train with his team-mates -