Real Madrid Confirm Jesus Vallejo's Injury

Real Madrid defender Jesus Vallejo will have to keep waiting for his debut following a thigh injury substance in training. 

The 20-year-old Spaniard was named in Madrid's first team squad in place of vacated by Pepe, also earned his shirt number three. 

Vallejo signed for Madrid in 2015 but has spent the last two seasons on loan at his former club Real Zaragoza and in the Bundesliga with Eintracht Frankfurt.

“Following tests carried out on Jesus Vallejo at the Sanitas La Moraleja University Hospital, he has been diagnosed with a muscle strain in his left thigh,” a Madrid statement released on Friday said.

“His recovery will continue to be assessed.”