Málaga CF's defense is in jeopardy with the injury of Fernando Calero. The central player suffers fractures in three ribs and will be out until the first international break. The club is already struggling in defense and this injury doesn't help to improve the situation.
What happened?
Fernando Calero was forced to withdraw from the friendly match against Ceuta after a blow to the side and now it has been confirmed that he suffers an injury that will force him to miss the team's debut in LaLiga EA Sports against Atlético de Madrid.
Why it matters for Málaga CF?
The injury of Fernando Calero is another blow to a defense that was already struggling. Murillo is still recovering from his knee injury and Moussa is also injured. Álex Pastor has just returned to the field after a year without competing.
What comes next?
Málaga CF will have to intensify the search for another central defender in the transfer market. The sports management led by Loren Juarros was already considering the possibility of incorporating a left-footed central defender. With this new injury, the signing of a central defender becomes more and more urgent. A central defender who, in addition, will contribute from the first day, because players called to be starters like Murillo or Calero will have weeks to return to the axis of the defense.
The club has confirmed that Fernando Calero suffers fractures in three ribs. The medical tests recently carried out determine that Calero suffers rib fractures in ribs 9, 10 and 11 left. In this type of injury, the approximate period of absence is more than a month, reaching two months, depending on how the recovery process goes.
That would make the only reinforcement blanquiazul to date for the center of the defense could miss 7 games. The Funes will play before the first league break (September 20) seven league games. Calero could be absent in all and return after the break, already in October.
Dramatic situation in the center of the defense
The problems are piling up for Juanfran Funes in the defense ahead of the first LaLiga EA Sports matches. The injury of Fernando Calero is another blow to a defense that was already struggling. Murillo is still recovering from his knee injury suffered in the last match of last season and it is likely that he will not be at 100% until after the first league break. Moussa is also injured. Álex Pastor has just returned to the field after a year without competing. And now Calero also falls for several weeks, around a month, at least.
All these situations leave Einar Galilea, who has also just recovered from a muscular problem, and Ángel Recio as the only pure central defenders in the first team. With the wildcard of Izan Merino and the young Otu, one of the preseason sensations, as alternatives. All this just a week before the debut against Atlético de Madrid in the Metropolitano.
Urgencies in the transfer market
This new injury forces Málaga CF to intensify the search for another central defender in the transfer market. The sports management led by Loren Juarros was already considering the possibility of incorporating a left-footed central defender. And with this new setback, the signing of a central defender becomes more and more urgent. A central defender who, in addition, will contribute from the first day, because players called to be starters like Murillo or Calero will have weeks to return to the axis of the defense.
