His knee is a bit fucked and some sources say Madrid is annoyed at how Sociedad handled it. Not sure whether to believe any of it or not.
Right now it sounds like fallout from City loss, but if he does return and rotates with Kroos, Valverde and plays some games as RCAM then I guess I so no reason to be against it. Better for him to stay in a place where he's guaranteed game time, but we need his type of player.
I just read some report from the Sociedad doctor from July who says he has a patella tendon injury for which there's no treatment that's 100% effective. Great. All we need is chronic injuries.
Isco out
Hazard possibly permacrocked (nice one Meunier)
Asensio knee issue apparently already
That leaves Benzema, Vini, Rodrygo and Lucas. And Jović if he cuts out falling off walls.
A double is doable...
If they're loaning him, this is downright comical