On November 9th, just a few months after returning from a torn ACL in his left knee, Eder Militao suffered the same injury in what was, until then, his healthy leg. It has been only five months since that dramatic episode, which led to Asencio's debut. However, ‘Diario AS’ reports that Militao's goal is to travel to the United States to participate in the Club World Cup.

Militao's recovery is progressing better than expected

Despite suffering the same injury in less than a year, the player's environment highlights Militao's strong attitude during this second recovery process. He is fully aware that he is still 27 years old, with many years ahead of him, and he wants to return to his previous level of play. That is, to be one of the top three center-backs in the world.

It is noted that Militao has made significant progress in recent weeks, adding running drills to assess stability, while continuing to strengthen the joint. In fact, the signs have been so positive that it is not ruled out that he could start working on the grass individually in the coming weeks.

Will Militao be in the Club World Cup?

At the moment, Militao has taken advantage of this FIFA window to return to Brazil and reunite with his family. However, this isn’t a reason for Militao to pause his recovery process. On the contrary, he brought his trusted doctor along to implement the workload and start touching the ball again after the international break.

Both the medical staff of Real Madrid and Militao himself do not want to take any risks in shortening the recovery period, which, as mentioned, is progressing much better than initially expected. In fact, according to reports from ‘MARCA’, Real Madrid has no intention of having Eder Militao return to play this season. Therefore, we will see how much the player's intention weighs on this matter.