Real Madrid's Mateo Kovacic: Will miss multiple weeks with ankle injury

Kovacic will miss multiple weeks with an ankle injury, ESPN FC reports.

Analysis:

Kovacic suffered the injury in the final minutes of the Club World Cup and is expected to be out until the end of the month. Los Blancos have all of their first-choice midfielders available at the moment, making Kovacic's absence of little consequence.