Off the back of disastrous back-to-back trophyless seasons, a number of major and much needed changes are taking place at Real Madrid this summer. The club has brought in Jose Mourinho as the new manager and has already announced four new signings as they look to reclaim their place as the best club in the world. While these changes on the pitch are no doubt important, the club are also making major changes off the pitch, which could prove to be more important when the season is said and done next year.
As being reported by The Athletic, Real Madrid are making major changes to their medical department in response to the serious injury issues that have plagued the club over the last few years, but specifically these changes come following the misdiagnosis of Kylian Mbappe's knee injury last season, when the medical staff performed a scan on the wrong knee.
The much needed changes finally happening at Real Madrid
For Real Madrid fans this news comes as a huge sigh of relief. The club has had to deal with multiple serious injury every season dating back to the 23/24 season, where despite the injuries the club was still able to pull of an incredible double winning season. However, the same cannot be said for the 24/24 and 25/26 seasons where injuries completely derailed any prospect of winning, signaling that some kind of changes needed to take place.
Going back to the start of the 23/24 season we've seen a number of major injuries to key players in the squad, with those injuries including:
Thibaut Courtois torn ACL, 23/24
Eder Militao torn ACL, 23/24
David Alaba torn ACL, 23/24
Jude Bellingham dislocated shoulder, 23/24
Dani Carvajal torn ACL, 24/25
Eder Militao torn ACL, 24/25
Rodrygo torn ACL, 25/26
Kylian Mbappe misdiagnosied knee injury, 25/26
Eder Militao ruptured hamstring, 25/26
Now while that list looks long, consider this, those are just the major injuries, that doesn't include the knocks that players pick up and only miss a game or two. Seeing that list it is understandable why the club has finally decided to make changes to the medical staff. Felipe Segura, who served as the head of Real's medical department was demoted in January has left his role along with Manolo Arroyo, another department member.
The changes are going to be led by Niko Mihic, who replaced Felipe Segura as head of the medical staff, and he will be bringing AS Monaco head doctor Alexandre Creuze as part of his new staff. These changes are desperately needed at Real Madrid, but following the fiasco with Kylian Mbappe's knee injury last season, it has never been more obvious than now. How can Real Madrid call themselves the biggest club in the world and scan the wrong knee of your superstar player? The incompetence from the medical staff hit an all time high at that moment and at that point the club had no other choice but to make changes.
It goes without saying that fans will welcome these changes with open arms. It's gotten tiring reading a new medical update every week as to who will be out and for how long, so the club making these changes to try to do what they can to prevent more injuries from occurring is showing that the club is serious about getting back to the top of the mountain once again.
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