Brazil’s national team is set to lose another key player to injury with the World Cup in mind.
According to journalist Miguel Ángel Díaz, from COPE radio, Éder Militão’s injury is worse than expected, and he will not recover in time to play in the World Cup.
The defender will have to undergo surgery and is only expected to return to the pitch at the start of the 2026/27 season with Real Madrid.
Militão was injured last Tuesday (21) against Alavés and had to be substituted near the end of the first half.
COPE also reported that Real Madrid’s medical department found that his previous muscle injury, suffered in December in the same area, had reopened.
The Brazilian defender spent nearly four months recovering and even started in the second leg of the Champions League quarterfinals against Bayern Munich.
The match against Alavés was his fifth since the physical issue in December 2025.
Militão was considered almost certain to be included in Carlo Ancelotti’s squad for this year’s World Cup, with the ability to play both as a center-back and as a right-back.
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