SAMI KHEDIRA

Midfielder Sami Khedira is set to provide a major boost to Carlo Ancelotti by returning to first-team action for the match against Athletic Bilbao this weekend. The German international has been unable to feature regularly for Real Madrid in the last 18 months.

This is due to a succession of major and minor injury problems, but he was part of the World Cup 2014 winning squad in Brazil. He recently returned back to the first-team much to delight of Ancelotti, but this return to not last much longer after he suffered a hamstring injury against Atletico Madrid.

This was a match to forget for Khedira after Madrid lost the encounter 4-0 to one their rivals. Since then, Madrid have been trying to put together a consistent run of form. This has not happened and the club recently conceded more grounded to Barcelona in the la Liga title race by only drawing 1-1 against Villarreal in the league. A lead that could have been so dominant now stands only at two points after 25 games into the season. Madrid could have certainly done with the presence of a defensive Shield like Khedira, who is now set to return for the upcoming match against Athletic Bilbao. (more…)

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Sami Khedira’s situation at Real Madrid continues to remain unclear as the defender continues to prolong the contract talks. He is now free to talk with clubs from abroad, but he has confirmed that he is happy to stay at the Spanish outfit.

An injury to Luka Modric has kept the Croatian midfielder out of action for the last months. Khedira has been able to get regular first-team action due to this. The 27-year-old is yet to start a Champions League or la Liga match. He has played in less than 100 minutes of action this campaign.

Despite this, the German international continues to be subjected to transfer speculation due to the quality that he provides to a team when fit. Premier League clubs like Manchester United and Chelsea have been linked with him for long periods of time. (more…)

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Sami Khedira made his way out of the hospital yesterday which means there is nothing dangerous about the blow that he had taken on his head playing in the game versus Cornella the other day.

It was a Cup match and was being hosted by Santiago Bernabeu.

Khedira got involved in a collision in the second half of the match. He did not walk off immediately, but, in a couple of minutes’ time, he realized that he was having a bit of a sighting problem and he withdrew himself.

According to the reports, the 27-year old playmaker went to the hospital where he had to stay overnight after being told to do so by the doctors. He was observed by the specialists during the night and then, in the morning, he got discharged.

An official statement released by Real Madrid earlier today confirmed the news.

That statement read, “The results of the tests done on Khedira have been pretty good and he is out of the hospital now.”

However, it has not been specified yet by any of the Madrid officials how many matches Khedira would be missing.

A player generally tends to take a few days to come in normal shape from concussion. It gets better and better with time. Proper resting is necessary and it can be expected that Khedira would be kept out of the scene by the Madrid management in the next couple of games.

As far as that game between Madrid and Cornella is concerned, the Los Blancos, as expected, just smashed the third division side. They secured the win by a margin of five goals.

It was Madrid’s 17^th win in a row this season. They have not lost any game after the defeat against Atletico Madrid in September.

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