Ruben Loftus-Cheek will miss at least a month after a fresh left-thigh injury in AC Milan's win at Udinese. Additional diagnostic tests confirmed the problem, and the midfielder came on in the 73rd minute before going off in the 90+1' minute. Milan now have eight players sidelined by the medical department.
Loftus-Cheek's latest setback
The exact wording has varied across reports. A Bola said diagnostic tests confirmed an injury to the muscle in his left thigh, while Sky Sport Italia described a lesion to the flexor of his left thigh. What is clear is that the setback is serious enough to take him out of the squad for the coming run.
Loftus-Cheek has made only 7 Serie A appearances this season and has played 244 minutes. Those numbers fit a player Milan have already had to manage carefully, and this latest absence strips out another option in midfield at a busy point of the calendar.
Fixtures Milan will have to get through
Sky Sport Italia said he will be reassessed in two weeks and will not return before a month. That rules him out of Bologna on 28 October, Inter on 31 October and Ferencvarosi TC on 5 November.
AC Milan sit 4th in Serie A and are unbeaten after 8 league matches. Ruben Amorim is not part of the story here, but the point is straightforward enough: Milan are carrying an injury list that is getting harder to absorb, and Loftus-Cheek's absence lands right in the middle of a difficult three-game stretch.
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