AC Milan and Stefano Pioli are currently without their three main centre-backs and will thus have to reinforce the squad in January. Many of the fans are wondering when the trio will be back, though, so let’s take a look.
The players in question are, of course, Pierre Kalulu, Malick Thiaw and Fikayo Tomori. The latter sustained an injury in the 2-2 draw against Salernitana and with that, Milan hit rock bottom as explained by Carlo Pellegatti.
Simon Kjaer and the youngster Jan-Carlo Simic are the only centre-backs currently at Pioli’s disposal, which says a lot about the situation. Below, we take a look at the injured trio and when they each should be back in action.
Kalulu: He underwent surgery at the very start of November and the recovery time is around four months. In other words, Milan expect to have him back at the beginning of March, and Milan-Empoli on March 10th could perhaps be his comeback game.
Thiaw: He at least managed to avoid surgery, following the hamstring injury, but the recovery will take some time. The German international could be back at Stefano Pioli’s at the start of February, and perhaps for Milan-Napoli on February 11th.
Tomori: The Englishman has been ruled out for two months due to the hamstring injury. He could perhaps be back for Milan-Atalanta on February 25th, or the second leg against Stade Rennais on February 22nd if we are lucky.
Hamstring, hamstring, hamstring… So what else is new in the world of Pioli the (Hamstring) Butcher?
Whose hamstring will be next? Theo’s? Reijnders’? RLC? No rest for the wicked, eh?
I also blame Pioli for all the starving children in Africa
I blame your genes for Alzheimer disease
No one here cares what you think though. Go ahead, ask anyone. =)
No Rest for the Wicked – is track from Cypress Hill’s album III (Temples Of Boom)
Isn’t Pellegrino available soon? Since he’s naturally a LCB he could get some gametime alongside Kjaer
He made a mistake so Pioli won’t trust him with playing time.
I wish I were kidding.
The fitness and medical staff needs to be overhauled before Pioli is sacked. Simply because it makes ZERO sense to cut Pioli now for the lack of viable alternatives.
With a better fitness and medical crew, we would see (hopefully) a reduction in injuries and see off the rest of the season in one piece.
Pioli needs to be evaluated in the summer, whether we like it or not.
Lack of viable alternatives? How about viable physio teams that have experience in training professional footballers with fatigue and injury issues? I bet those are easy to find,.. How about not?
I think its part of Pioli coaching staff responsible for injuries. I think Pioli has to change his staff immediately brfore Milan can replace him
These three should theoretically form a monster three-man defense if a coach who knows what he’s doing with that formation takes over. I know Pioli tried and failed, but imagine a master of three man defense like Conte or Inzaghi (I don’t like either) had these guys.
Not to mention Theo as wingback.