Madrid - Spanish champions Real Madrid announced on Monday evening that defender Pepe would be out of action until January.
The Portugal defender tore the cuadriceps muscle in his left leg in Saturday's 3-1 defeat away to Getafe, and the club doctors believe that he will be out of action between four and five weeks.
Wesley Sneijder and Miguel Torres both limped out of the Getafe defeat with pulled muscles, and will both be out of action for around ten days.
Real's other injury victims are Gabriel Heinze, Mahamadou Diarra, Ruud Van Nistelrooy and Gonzalo Higuain.
However, Arjen Robben and Fabio Cannavaro will probably be able to return next Saturday against Sevilla, after being out for two weeks.