Real Madrid fans unhappy right now after team official confirm about Thibaut Courtois leaves training after suspected ACL injury and has chance absent on the first La Liga match against Athletic Bilbao. Based on kinds of injury, seems ACL need longer time for Thibaut Courtois get recovery and he needs about two until three months later. Although still window transfer not close yet, Real Madrid not official confirming for signing goal keeper and Andriy Lunin will be first choose awhile until Thibaut Courtois recovering from ACL injury.
Last season, Andriy Lunin played seven games in La Liga with Real Madrid and not doubt with his performance during Thibaut Courtois have absent for long time, hope Real Madrid can consistent and quit well performance without have Thibaut Courtois.
The injury is a big blow to Real Madrid. Thibaut Courtois struggled for a while when he arrived at Real Madrid but he has cemented his place as the club's number one goalkeeper. The ACL fracture looks like a lengthy injury, thus Andriy Lunin and Luis Lopez cannot be relied upon to be in charge on goal because of their less game time and experience, a more suitable alternative is needed. Yassine Bounou, Kepa and DDG are all being linked as possible replacement but DDG is a free agent and looks more qualified. I understand Bayern Munich is also in search of a goalkeeper to replace the injured Manuel Neuer and DDG is one of the shortlisted names, so Real Madrid better act quickly.
This will add to the difficulty for Madrid because of course ACL is one of the injuries that can even kill a soccer player's career.
This is a loss in the midst of a league that will start in a few days and of course this is an unfavorable signal for Madrid at the start of this season.
Now in Courtois' absence Lunin is likely to start but on the other hand looking at some of the news that surfaced after Courtois was injured and needed at least 6 months to recover there are currently several names that will be used as options for Madrid.
There are names De Gea and Kepa who are one of Madrid's targets in some reports but this is still limited to rumors that could indeed be this just to increase news traffic.