We will still have to wait. Hit in the knee and operated on the meniscus last summer, after showing good results during the Merengues preseason, he relapsed in September. Until his return to the group last weekend, against Rayo Vallecano. Against the neighbor from the southern districts of the Spanish capital, the player trained at Fener was however unable to play a single minute, Carlo Ancelotti not having brought him on during the match. It must be said that the Madrilenians needed to win (the match ended 0-0, Editor’s note), and the Italian logically did not want to make a crazy bet.
On the other hand, he was expected last night, during the Merengues match against Braga. A largely affordable duel for the Madrilenians, who already had one foot and four toes in the eighth before the game kicked off. But as the clock ticked down, fans and journalists saw how the Italian coach preferred to bring in other players like Nico Paz rather than the summer signing. Established yesterday and rather efficient, Brahim Diaz was for example one of the players who could have left to make way for the Turkish prodigy.
Start at the end of the month?
Daily life Marca discusses his case this Thursday, and explains that against the Portuguese team, he did not even carry out the traditional warm-up exercises that the replacement players do on the side. The media adds that the Turkish international is still not expected to play soon, and that he will not play a single minute in the duel against Valencia this weekend. Debuts postponed, again and again, and inevitably, it’s talked about in Madrid where our mouths were watering for a good part of the summer with him.
He could possibly start against Cadiz after the break, but there too, it is still quite uncertain. It must be said that the Madrid staff do not want to take any risks and are not waiting for him to be at 100%, but at 110% to make him start! For now, he is still following a muscle strengthening program aimed at making him stronger and more enduring. We will therefore have to wait a little longer to enjoy the class and elegance of Arda Güler.
