AC Milan’s injury problems have gone from bad to worse as Ruben Loftus-Cheek could also miss tonight’s game against Fiorentina.
It was already known that Milan would go into the game with a wave of injury issues. Christian Pulisic, Adrien Rabiot, Pervis Estupinan, Christopher Nkunku and Ardon Jashari will all be absent, depleting the already thin depth.
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Now, Sky are reporting that there was a problem on Saturday in training, and it will further affect Massimiliano Allegri’s planning for the game: Loftus-Cheek suffered a problem in training, a muscle issue.
The English midfielder will have a test today on the day of the game to see if he can make it. If he is not in the best condition then Saelemaekers will play as an attacking midfielder being Rafael Leao, with Zachary Athekame on the right.
Allegri’s words
Speaking in his pre-match press conference on the eve of the match, Allegri wanted to stress that he has enough players and that injuries cannot be an excuse but rather extra fuel.
“We have enough players for tomorrow’s match, so there are absolutely no problems in that sense. Injuries are part of the season, you have to be good at understanding the moment. It’s extra motivation.”
This is good news. I wouldn’t have wanted him as a second striker. He is terrible
Why is it in every predicted line up there is no Gimenez?
Surely with all the injuries he will start?
Even Leao and Alexis are not 100%
The paper thin squad was always going to be an issue once we had some problems
Agree. This seems strange that you want to start a player returning from injury who was sent home early from international duty.
Over the forward aguy who has been the most consistent fit and hard working forward this season
U can’t put all ur eggs in one basket ,u need atleast one gud attacker to give fresh energy ,also reduce risk of injury by putting all d two attack at the same time.Saelemaker wilĺ well and give balance
At least we’ll have plenty of “game changers” on the bench today. 🤦♂️
Need to move on from him… Need someone more decisive and available to contribute. Spent all that money on Jashari – offload Rubes and let the Swiss kid develop.