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<p style="display: none;">Article continues below</p><p style="display: none;">Article continues below</p><p style="display: none;">Article continues below</p><script type="application/json" data-placement="match-schedule">{"type":"match-schedule","data":{"channelId":"92686d1e-5985-40e1-80f3-6f5a54f55b39","competitionId":"34pl8szyvrbwcmfkuocjm3r6t"}}</script><script type="application/json" data-placement="fcplayer-semantic">{"type":"fcplayer-semantic","data":{"embedCode":"//cdn.fcp.codes/embed-code-template/embed-code-template.js#SEMANTIC_5704afb8-c10b-4ba5-9cb4-d7fb6098ef90"}}</script><ul><li>Spaniard out of contract in 2025</li><li>Carvajal suffered ACL injury on Saturday</li><li>Madrid extend contract hours after</li></ul><table><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://www.whatsapp.com/channel/0029Va2ivxLJJhzdzbJdwo0n"><strong>Follow GOAL on WhatsApp!</strong></a> 🟢📱</td></tr></tbody></table>

Real Madrid shockingly extend Dani Carvajal contract only 12 hours after tearing his ACL

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<p>Less than a day after Carvajal suffered an <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/real-madrid-injury-crisis-dani-carvajal-vinicius-junior-issues-confirmed-club-updates/blta3c04253e3c717f6#cs71e3f8c70b7a6bb7" target="_blank">anterior cruciate ligament injury</a> in <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/real-madrid-player-ratings-vs-villarreal-vinicius-jr-kylian-mbappe/blted03b4ebaf7131da" target="_blank">Madrid's 2-0 win over Villarreal</a>, Los Blancos have extended his deal until 2026. The 32-year-old was set to be out of contract next summer, so this act shows how highly valued the Spain international is at Madrid.</p>

WHAT HAPPENED?

<p>A <a href="https://www.realmadrid.com/es-ES/noticias/club/actualidad/c-06-10-2024" target="_blank">club statement reads</a>: "Real Madrid CF announces that, as planned, it has agreed with Dani Carvajal to extend our player's contract, which will bind him to the club until June 30, 2026.</p><p>"Real Madrid would like to show him all its support and affection and wishes him a speedy recovery so that we can enjoy his football on the pitch again as soon as possible."</p><p><strong></strong></p>

WHAT REAL MADRID SAID

<p>As Madrid point out, Carvajal has won a whopping 26 titles in 427 matches for the Spanish giants since making his first-team debut in 2013. He has played a huge role in a massively successful era for Los Blancos and that has led them to extending his stay while he begins his recovery.</p>

THE BIGGER PICTURE

<p>Carvajal - who joined Madrid at the age of 10 in 2002 - confirmed he would need to have surgery on the issue and <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/dani-carvajal-posts-update-ambulance-horror-injury-real-madrid-villarreal/blt8bba82c79eab7188" target="_blank">hoped to be back in a "few months"</a>. Whether the Spain defender will be back by that time remains to be seen.</p>

WHAT NEXT?

Real Madrid shockingly extend Dani Carvajal contract only 12 hours after tearing his ACL | Goal.com

Real Madrid have extended the contract of stalwart Dani Carvajal just a matter of hours after he suffered a serious knee injury.