Thigh injury rules Hazard out of Madrid season opener

Eden Hazard has been ruled out of Real Madrid’s La Liga season opener against Celta Vigo on Saturday after sustaining a muscle injury in Friday’s training session.

A statement from Madrid said Hazard injured the anterior tendon in his left thigh following test results which however did not state how long he would be on the sidelines.

The 13-time European champions signed the Belgian from Chelsea in June for a joint-club record fee of 100 million euros

Real are also without fellow winger Marco Asensio for the start of the new campaign due to a serious knee injury, while Dani Carvajal is suspended.