Real Madrid midfielder Jude Bellingham suffered a muscular injury in his right leg in training on Friday, the club has confirmed.
A source told ESPN that Bellingham was expected to be absent until mid-September, after the international break.
Madrid play their first home match of the season against Real Valladolid at the Bernabéu on Sunday, after starting the campaign with a 1-1 draw away at Mallorca last weekend.
The game will see Kylian Mbappé make his home debut after joining Madrid from Paris Saint-Germain this summer.
“After tests carried out today by Real Madrid’s medical services on our player Jude Bellingham, he has been diagnosed with an injury in the plantaris muscle in his right leg,” the club said in a statement.
“[Bellingham] got a knock,” coach Carlo Ancelotti said in a news conference on Friday….
