Ismael Bennacer injured his knee in the first UCL clash against Inter last season and was forced to undergo surgery. The midfielder has been making great strides lately in his recovery, as seen in a video.
Bennacer underwent surgery due to a cartilage lesion back in May and the intervention was successful. Milan are expecting to have the Algerian international back at their disposal towards the end of the year, at the earliest in mid-November.
It’s likely that he will return in December instead, though, and perhaps make an appearance before the end of the year. On his Instagram story, as you can see below, Bennacer published a video of his recovery.
𝐈𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐞𝐥 𝐁𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐫 💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼
📹 @IsmaelBennacer #Bennacer #milanpress pic.twitter.com/CB1fLYg4oK
— MilanPress.it (@MilanPress_it) August 5, 2023
That’s certainly a long time. And likely he won’t fully be playing until December at least. Definitely stresses the need why we need another midfielder.
We have more than enough midfielder
No we do not. As Krunic exits and Bennacer is out until December. Not enough DMs.
Get well soon Ben !
Great dedication! With that spirit he will be back at no time!
Forza Isma!
We need him back in that Midfield. Speedy recovery Ben👌🏼
We have Adli. No need to get a new midfielder. Give him a chance!!
Milan has Reijnders, RLC, Pobega, Musah (who was in oldet SempreMilan articles described as the Kessié replacement)
So 4 midfielders
If Milan decides that Krunić won’t leave then it’s 5 midfielders
(and I did not count Adli who will probably leave or Pulisić as an AM)
So I really believe that 4-5 midfielders are enough. There are teams that have not the luxury of such an amount of players
Even more when Bennacer will be back in January as the 6th midfielder.
Now it’s time for Pioli to show if he can implement some game-style into this team. He has everything he needs