CM: One month before Milan are back in action – from recoveries to the Dubai retreat

By Oliver Fisher -

Most of the AC Milan squad are currently at Milanello gearing up for the trip to Dubai while will offer the chance for a warm weather training retreat.

In exactly one month the season will start again and Milan need to have most of their squad available if they are to close the eight point gap to Napoli and try win the second star that comes with a 20th Scudetto.

Calciomercato.com report that Mike Maignan will return having been training at Milanello for a few days, so he will give security to the entire defensive department. Davide Calabria and Alexis Saelemaekers will be back to bolster a right flank that features Sergino Dest, who will return after a positive World Cup.

For Alessandro Florenzi it will be necessary to wait a little longer, but even the long-term absentees will leave with the team for the United Arab Emirates, so Zlatan Ibrahimovic will also be there and his goal is to be at 100% for the Champions League game against Tottenham in mid-February.

There are four Rossoneri players left in Qatar at the World Cup in Theo Hernandez and Oliver Giroud with France, Rafael Leao with Portugal and Fode Ballo-Touré with Senegal. Charles De Ketelaere will also be available again soon after Belgium got knocked out.

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