The best player for Real Madrid, David Alaba, will have a difficult time recovering from an injury that will terminate his season in 2024.
The team decided to send Alaba to the hospital for surgery after he sustained a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) during Los Blancos’ 4-1 victory against Villarreal on December 17.
In spite of the fact that preliminary projections suggested that the Austrian international would make another appearance during the 2023–2024 season, he will not be risked and will not return until at least June.
The absence of Alaba has made Real Madrid’s defensive injury situation even more severe at the beginning of the year 2023. In addition, fellow center back Eder Militao is still missing from the Spanish capital for an extended period of time.
![Eder Militao](https://icdn.football-espana.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/MILITAO.jpg)
“In my career I have faced a few challenges, but this is probably one of the biggest ones so far. I will face it and I will reach the top of this mountain” he posted on social media.
Alaba underwent an operation on his ruptured knee ligament in his native Austria and he is due to return to Madrid in January. to continue in his recovery.