The squad of players called upon by La Liga giants Real Madrid to face Albacete in the Copa del Rey later today has been unveiled online.
And it features a whole host of noteworthy absentees.
Real Madrid are of course primed to return to action this evening.
Fresh off a damaging defeat at the hands of arch rivals Barcelona in the Spanish Super Cup over the weekend, Los Blancos have shifted focus back towards the Copa, ahead of facing off with 2nd-tier Albacete.
The fixture of course marks the first since this week’s change on the bench at the Bernabéu.
New boss Álvaro Arbeloa will have his work cut out for him in securing a first victory as first-team boss in Madrid, owing to the ongoing personnel problems in his squad.
In fact, the panel of players to have made the trip to Castilla-La Mancha on Wednesday features none of the following:
- Rodrygo
- Jude Bellingham
- Antonio Rüdiger
- Thibaut Courtois
- Ferland Mendy
- Trent Alexander-Arnold
- Kylian Mbappé
- Álvaro Carreras
- Brahim Díaz
- Aurélien Tchouaméni
- Éder Militão
Conor Laird – GSFN
