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Real Madrid’s injury situation has worsened after defender Sergio Ramos has been ruled out for around five weeks due to a hamstring injury.

Carlo Ancelotti has seen his squad strength deplete substantially over the last few weeks. A number of players have been unavailable due to suspension and injury.

Even though he is set to welcome key players like Luka Modric back from the sidelines after a long time, the absence of Ramos may prove to be very crucial aspect as the season unfolds. Madrid have two crucial matches during this period with a Madrid Derby against Atletico Madrid and a Champions League tie against Schalke.

The recent wobbles shown by the team can be magnified in the absence of Ramos, who has been more than just a defender. The former Sevilla man has come up with crucial goals when the team needed the most. The 28-year-old recently became one of first defenders to score in three major cup finals during the course of a calendar year. The absence of Ramos may force Ancelotti into using the yen Rafael Varane and Nacho Fernandez more often than not. Madrid have managed 4 consecutive victories in all competitions since the 2-2 draw against Atletico in the Copa del Rey.

“Following tests carried out on Sergio Ramos by the Real Madrid medical service at the Sanitas La Moraleja Hospital, the player has been diagnosed with a torn hamstring in his left leg. His progress will be monitored,” said a statement on the club site.”Ramos’ injury is serious. He will be out for the next five weeks, but I believe in Nacho and Varane.They are good players and have plenty of enthusiasm,” said Carlo Ancelotti in a press conference. After the Madrid derby against Atletico this weekend, it is straight into the Champions League knockout stages for Madrid.

The preparation is certainly necessary for a player to take part in a match. No matter which sport it is, a player must be fully prepared before walking out there in the playing arena.

But, sometimes, you are forced to think- is this term ‘preparation’ overrated?

There have been instances when certain players have not appeared to be prepared at all to go into the game and yet not only have they participated in the game, they have produced outstanding performances.

People who had been following the build up to the final of the Club World Cup were almost sure that Sergio Ramos would not feature for Real Madrid versus San Lorenzo.

The defender had travelled with the squad to Morocco, but, he had not been seen in the training sessions.

But, came the hour, came the man. Ramos was in the ground ahead of that final game, still hurting by that hammy injury of his. He had the ice-pack on for a while. But, keeping all that aside, he was up for the occasion. He had not done his preparations; still, he was ready to go.

He went out there for Madrid and he proved to be the man for the Whites.

With a breathtaking header in the 37th minute of the match, he took Madrid ahead and it was way too much of a task for Lorenzo to come back thereafter.

Ramos’ celebration after that goal suggested how much he wanted himself to rise to that big occasion.

The 28-year old had shaken the net in the Round of 4 too versus the Mexican club Cruz Azul.
Ramos ended up being named the player of the tournament and deservedly so. For a defender to score two in two; it was remarkable.

Sergio Ramos is on the radar of the English club Manchester City. If the information passed on by the sources close to the club is true, then, Manuel Pellegrini, the man in charge, would be placing an official bid for the 28-year old this winter.
The Sky Blues are planning to offer Ramos an annual salary of about 8 million Pounds to lure him to England. That’s quite an astonishing number.
Chelsea will surely not let City having this deal easily. They will try hard too for the player.
Chelsea had enquired for Ramos the previous winter as well according to the reports which, one can assume, were true as Ramos’ representative had made a claim later on that an English team had come to him with a big offer.
The exact words of the representative in that interview of his are as follows-
“I don’t want to reveal their name, but, I would like to confirm that they’re from England only.”
“Yes, the amount offered was very, very high, but, the player is happy at where he is currently and he is no mood to leave at this point of time. So, I had no choice but to humbly turn the offer down.”
These statements of Ramos’ agent named Rene, who is actually also the Spaniard’s brother, led to the rumours that the unrevealed club was Chelsea.
However, no explanation came from Chelsea’s side on those rumours.
Ramos spent his teenage years at Sevilla learning the soccer skills, but, he did not play much for them. Only at the age of 19, he was possessed by Madrid and he made his name as a World Class defender at Santiago Bernabeu only. He has 415 Madrid caps to his name thus far.

Sergio Ramos was present in the wedding ceremony of Rene, his sibling, last week. He had made his way into the ceremony with his girlfriend Rubio who has recently become the mother of his child.

Ramos was quite relaxed and happy with his family members there. He has obviously seen a bit of a tough time of late with the Spanish national squad, but, it appears that he has moved on from that disappointment now.

The same day, on his twitter account, Ramos uploaded a snap in which he was with his mum as well as Rene. There was immense happiness on the face of the Real Madrid defender.

The name of the girl with whom Rene got married is Vania Millan. She has been Miss Spain in the past.

Ramos might get married himself pretty soon. There have been rumours that he and Rubio have been planning to become husband-wife officially now after the birth of their little one.

There is a 7-year age difference between Ramos and Rubio. While, the former is only 28 at the moment, the latter is in his mid thirties.

Rubio is a renowned personality in Spain. She has presented a lot of programmes on the Spanish television in the last one decade or so.

The pair of Ramos-Rubio is widely liked in Spain and that’s obvious because both of them look so good together and they care for each other immensely too.

Recently in a television programme, Ramos had sung a romantic song for Rubio and had played the guitar as well after which the TV presenter had got really emotional and couldn’t stop her tears.
She was pleasantly surprised by that sweet gesture of his boyfriend.
Ramos and Rubio have been together since a long time.

The 28 years old Spanish defender of Real Madrid, Sergio Ramos is a persistent starter for the club despite what manager arrives. He has played during some of the worst time of Madrid as well as some of their best and their recent Copa del Rey victory against Barcelona has been hailed by Ramos to be as a ‘magical moment’ as he spoke to the media when the match was over.

“Today is a magical day. It requires a lot of effort to win titles and this is the fruit of our labor, a reward for all our sacrifice during the year. It is a hugely important title. It was a very tense match and now we have to enjoy the victory because Real Madrid is once again the champion,” Ramos said.

The Copa del Rey was the first silverware that Carlo Ancelotti has secured in his debut season in charge of Real Madrid. Despite all of the tension that surrounds Real Madrid and Barcelona as they have an eternal rivalry which has been displayed on a number of occasions in the pitch when red cards and even punches has been displayed when they play each other, there also exists certain friendships around some players.

Almost 1 month ago was the birthday of Sergio Ramos as he turned 30 years old and there was a rather surprising congratulations message which arrived through Barcelona’s Jordi Alba.

“Today is the birthday of someone who has helped me a great deal. Many happy returns, Sergio Ramos!! All the best, superstar! Alba tweeted.