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' (Utrera, 1996) ankle

was broken in two last summer at the

.

The Egyptian

's studs dug in just above his left foot in the 44th minute of the

with which the team opened its participation in the

.

The Andalusian, captain of the national team, number 10, leader and on his way to return to

after his two-year loan at

, suffered a complete tear of the anterior fibular-talar ligament and fibular-calcaneal ligament.

In short: a disaster.

While Spain put the silver medal around its neck and

's new Madrid began to carburize in

, Ceballos, just turned

, began a rehabilitation that was as slow physically as it was hard on a psychological level.

"

", Ancelotti confessed in the press room at

, where the Italian, accustomed to not making individual distinctions between his players, broke off his speech to praise the Utrera match without measure, his first start as a footballer for the Madrid from April

: 1,088 days.

"He has been the best and I want to highlight him. He had a serious injury, a slow recovery and now he is the Ceballos that everyone knows," he added.

"Deserves more minutes"

Since he left the Japanese grass in tears on July 22 until he managed to step on the grass again in an official match for almost six months.

He played four minutes against

in the Cup and from then on he began to be a regular in the calls, although he varied between not even warming up and playing garbage minutes in games.

Nothing momentous.

"

," Ancelotti apologized a few weeks ago.

He appeared in the final stretch of the first leg of the quarterfinals against

, in the middle of Stamford Bridge, spent fifteen minutes on the pitch against Getafe and came out for five minutes in the second leg against the Londoners.

Everything before the final prize: starting against Osasuna, used to perfection in a key event for the title.

He created chances for his teammates for

, his most since he played 67 with the national team on July 17, in a friendly before the Games, and ended up asking for the change due to cramps.

Nothing serious.

This Thursday he appeared in Valdebebas to be treated and thus be ready for the first leg of the

against City.

He wants to be important.

"Much more professional"

With

, this summer will be key in the future of Ceballos.

In the directive they like it and

loves it.

And although they regret the lack of regularity that it has had in recent months, the celebration of the World Cup between November and December, with a great presence of the Madrid midfield (

), leaves

as an interesting name for the rotation.

He, who was already able to go to the national team during his first year in Madrid, does not rule anything out.

"He has the

", those who know him best admit to this newspaper.

If he leaves, he wants to play European competition, and if he is in Spain, better.

That would appear the

, who is fighting right now to enter the Champions League.

And if he stays, he will have to stand out to try to win the renewal or look for a new contract outside of Chamartín.

In what the coaching staff, club and footballer's environment coincide is in the great change that Ceballos has shown in recent times.

"

. He came to Madrid as a child and now he is an adult," he details.

The clearest example is his relationship with his coaches.

During the 2018-2019 season, his

with

was not ideal and the Andalusian showed his anger in public on several occasions.

Quite the opposite of this course.

"He is

", they value in Valdebebas.

The whole process of rehabilitating the injury, where at times he thought he was not going to play again without pain, has been key.

"He Now he is happy."

And Madrid notices it.

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