Defender Antonio Rudiger offered that Joan Martínez stay at his house that evening, to save him heading back to the dormitory he lives in on the Real Madrid campus

When it was revealed that 16-year-old Joan Martinez, who had just returned from the first team’s US preseason tour, had damaged his anterior cruciate ligament, there was a reasonable sense of melancholy in Valdebebas late last week.

Just as he was starting to make progress in his profession, the teenager is about to have surgery and will probably miss at least six to seven months. The Real Madrid team has been severely impacted by this injury, according to Marca. It was Thibaut Courtois, who had sustained the identical injury on the same day the previous year, who first noticed something was off and raised the alarm following a training session.

Star forward Kylian Mbappe assured Martinez that they would play together on the field as it became apparent how bad his condition was. Going above and above, Real Madrid defender Antonio Rudiger offered him a place to stay that evening instead of making his way back to his hostel on campus. Nevertheless, he turned down his family’s invitation to come visit him at the house. Martinez will also receive a better contract from the team, since they had been in talks before to his injury.

Manager Carlo Ancelotti has frequently emphasized that the dressing room and team spirit are what have contributed to this squad’s success. It’s obvious that Mbappe has absorbed this from the beginning.