Zlatan Ibrahimovic has picked up a calf injury and not ruptured his Achilles tendon as feared, AC Milan confirmed on Tuesday.
“Ibrahimovic has sustained an injury to his right soleus muscle during yesterday’s (Monday) training session,” the Serie A team said in a statement.
“The Achilles tendon is perfectly intact. The player will undergo a scan in 10 days time.”
Milan did not say for how long the 38-year-old would be out of action, although Italian media reports say he could be facing four weeks on the sidelines, as Serie A eyes a potential restart next month.
out for ‘foreseeable future’
Leipzig: RB Leipzig forward Yussuf Poulsen could be out for the rest of the season after the Bundesliga club said on Tuesday he had damaged ligaments in his right ankle.
Leipzig said an MRI scan on Monday showed the Denmark international “suffered ligament damage to his right ankle in yesterday’s (Sunday) win at Mainz and will be out for the foreseeable future”.
In his absence, Czech Republic striker Patrik Schick, on loan from Roma, is set to partner Timo Werner up front against Hertha Berlin on Wednesday.