Madrid, April 25 -- Real Madrid's Brazilian international defender Eder Militao will miss this summer's World Cup finals after it was revealed he will need an operation on the hamstring injury he suffered in his side's 2-1 win at home to Deportivo Alaves on Tuesday.
Militao was injured while jumping for a header and although the injury wasn't initially thought to be serious, the club confirmed that "following tests carried out today on our player Eder Militaoby the Real Madrid Medical Services, he has been diagnosed with a muscle injury in the biceps femoris of his left leg."Although Real Madrid merely said his return to action was "pending the evolution" of the injury, it was expected that he would need around a month to recover, meaning ...