A report has provided a comparison between AC Milan’s injury situation this season and that of last season, with some worrying findings.
With Milan not in European competitions this season it was hoped that the injury count would decline given the lower volume of games. However, the management made the decision to trim the squad to 19 outfield players (which became 20 with Niclas Füllkrug in January).
So, the trade-off of having less games was met by having less players, thus re-increasing the potential workload for the members of the squad. MilanNews have counted up the injuries in the current campaign compared to those in 2024-25.
2025-26 injuries
1. Pulisic – Ankle sprain – July 26 to August 12, 17 days out during the summer
2. Leao – Right calf elongational injury – August 17 to September 25, 39 days out and missed 5 games
3. Jashari – Compound fracture of the right fibula – August 28 to October 30, 63 days out. 9 games missed so far
4. Pavlovic – Flexor problem – from September 14 to September 18, 4 days out
5. Maignan – Right calf problem – from September 14 to September 23, 9 days out and 1 game missed
6. Tomori – Right aductor strain – from September 28 to October 3, 5 days out
7. Saelemaekers – Right flexor injury – from October 11 to October 18, 7 days out
8. Estupinan – Ankle problem – from October 11 to October 30, 19 days out and 3 games missed
9. Pulisic – Right thigh hamstring injury – from October 11 to November 5, 25 days out and 4 games missed
10. Rabiot – Left soleus injury – from October 16 to November 18, 33 days out and 5 games missed
In total, 14 traumatic injuries, 16 muscular, and one flu-related. Pulisic, Rabiot, Estupinan and Athekame suffered the longest lay-offs during international duty. Leao’s problems continued due to adductor inflammation, which later developed into pubalgia.
Gimenez has recovered from the long layoff caused by ankle surgery: he was out for practically half the season. Loftus-Cheek was very unlucky in a collision with the Parma goalkeeper, resulting in a fractured jaw. Gabbia’s injury was also significant, requiring surgery.
Finally, Modric: the Croatian suffered a fractured cheekbone in a collision with Locatelli during Milan-Juve. The midfielder finished the season with Milan and will miss the next four games. He should instead be fit for the World Cup with Croatia.
2024-25 injuries
1. Sportiello – Cut to the left hand, complete tear of the extensor tendon of the second finger – from July 27, 2024 to October 14, 2024, 79 days out and 9 games missed
2. Florenzi – Rupture of the cruciate ligament and lateral meniscus – from July 28, 2024 to March 6, 2025, 222 days out and 41 games missed
3. Morata – Low-grade tear to the left rectus femoris – from August 19 to September 11, 2024, 23 days out and 2 games missed
4. Thiaw – Sprained ankle – from August 30 to September 20, 2024, 21 days out and 3 games missed
5. Bennacer – Third-degree tear to the calf – from September 8, 2024 to December 21, 2024, 104 days out and 21 games missed
6. Calabria – Botta in training – from September 13, 2025 to September 15, 2024, 2 days out and missed one game
7. Maignan – Contusive trauma to the right thigh – from September 17 to 19, 2024, 2 days out, missed one game 8.
Calabria – Adductor strain – from September 21 to 29, 2024, 8 days out and missed two games
9. Okafor – Muscle strain – from September 27 to 29, 2024, 2 days out and missed one game
10. Calabria – Low-grade lesion to the soleus muscle of the left calf – from October 5, 2024 to October 28, 2024, 23 days out and missed three games
11. Jovic – Pubalgia and surgery – from October 2, 2024 to February 26, 2025, 148 days out and 35 games missed
12. Loftus-Cheek – Right thigh flexor strain – October 5, 2024 to October 17, 2024, 12 days out and 1 game missed
13. Chukwueze – Fatigue – October 13, 2024 to October 17, 2024, 4 days out
14. Gabbia – Calf injury – October 18, 2024 to November 11, 2024, 23 days out and 5 games missed
15. Abraham – Shoulder problem – October 19, 2024 to November 2, 2024, 14 days out and 4 games missed
16. Jovic – Pubalgia – October 19, 2024 to December 31, 2024, 73 days out and 17 games missed
17. Morata – Trauma
18. Pulisic – Low-grade right calf soleus injury – from November 7, 2024 to December 23, 2024, 17 days out and missed 4 games
19. Okafor – Lumbosciatica – from December 10, 2024 to December 14, 2024, 4 days out and missed 1 game
20. Loftus-Cheek – Right hamstring injury – from December 11, 2024 to January 6, 2025, 26 days out and missed 4 games
21. Morata- Elongation trauma in the adductor region – from December 11, 2024 to December 14, 2024, 3 days out and 1 game missed
22. Musah – Muscle problem – from December 14, 2024 to January 2, 2025, 19 days out and 3 games missed
23. Okafor – First-degree lesion to the soleus muscle of the right calf – from December 16, 2024 to January 9, 2025, 24 days out and 4 games missed
24. Morata – Tonsillitis – from December 19, 2024 to December 21, 2024, 2 days out and 1 game missed
25. Leao – Left flexor elongation, from December 20, 2024 to January 6, 2025, 17 days out and 3 games missed
26. Chukwueze – Biceps injury Left hamstring strain – December 29, 2024, to January 24, 2025, 28 days out and missed 7 games
27. Loftus-Cheek – Right hamstring strain – January 9, 2025, to March 11, 2025, 61 days out and missed 16 games
28. Pulisic – Muscle strain – January 14, 2025, to January 22, 2025, 8 days out and missed 2 games
29. Emerson Royal – High-grade right calf strain – January 18, 2025, to May 13, 2025, 116 days out and missed 23 games
30. Kyle Walker – Muscle strain – February 20, 2025, to March 1, 2025, 9 days out and missed 2 games
31. Loftus-Cheek – Appendectomy – from March 29, 2025 to April 21, 2025, 24 days out and 5 games missed
32. Mike Maignan – Head injury – from April 12 to 18, 2025, 6 days out
33. Luka Jovic – Acute low back pain – from April 27, 2025 to May 3, 2025, 6 days out
Last season there were eight traumatic injuries, 22 muscular injuries and two flu-related injuries. The biggest ones were Emerson Royal’s high-grade muscle issue, Loftus-Cheek’s hamstring problem, plus long-term spells out for Florenzi, Sportiello and Jovic.
The worrying thing is that there were only two more injuries last season and there are four games left for that to perhaps be overtaken, all in a season without any deep cup or European runs. Thus, the importance of increasing the depth of the squad is crystal clear, to avoid any crises.
Meanwhile inter only have one significant injury to Lautaro and walk away with another title…
That’s not true at all. They had several injured players starting with Dumfries who is a crucial element! How could you forget that guy? Let’s
be serious. He missed 25 games this season…