Luka Modric would be out on the side lines after suffering a tear of the left proximal rectus femoris tendon during Croatia’s Euro 2016 qualifier against Italy. The mid-field maestro would miss between 12 and 16 weeks of first team action and would be back in action until February 2015.
The player landed at Madrid-Barajas airport in mid-afternoon on Monday. From there he went to the Sanitas La Moraleja clinic to be examined by the Real Madrid doctors and he had an MRI scan on his left thigh.
“I felt a very strong pain in the upper part of my thigh. It still hurts. It is a shame, but football is like that,” he said with a resigned tone before knowing the final diagnosis, which was very similar to the one that was put forward at first by the Croatian national team doctor Boris Neme.
Modic abscence will pave way for Khedira and Illarramendi who are likely replacement for the role Modric plays in the Realmadrid team.