Zlatan Ibrahimovic is out for a long time due to injury

From: Mattias Karlsson

Published: November 23, 2020 kl. 12.22
Updated: November 23, 2020 kl. 13.05

Zlatan Ibrahimovic will be out for a long time after Sunday night’s injury.

According to Sky Italia journalist Manuele Baiocchini, the Milan striker will be out for 3-4 weeks.

The 39-year-old Swede was substituted in the 79th minute of the game after injuring the back of his thigh.

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Milan have yet to release any official information about the injury or possible absence.

In any case, Zlatan Ibrahimovic was examined Monday morning at Casa Milan for his injury.

According to Sky Italia journalist Manuele Baiocchini on Twitter, Milan will be forced to dispense with their star player for up to a month in important matches.

After doing both 1-0 and 2-0 in the 3-1 win over Napoli at the San Paolo, Zlatan Ibrahimovic started to get on the back of the thigh and was replaced.

Limp limp

After the final signal, he was then seen limping heavily on his way to the locker room.

– He has ice on his thigh. It looks like he has a muscle problem, but we don’t know how bad it is. He does not usually withdraw from games, we have to wait for exams in the coming days, says assistant coach Daniele Bonera.

Milan lead Serie A after eight rounds with two points to spare for Sassuolo, Zlatan Ibrahimovic leads the shooting league with his ten goals ahead of Cristiano Ronaldo at Juventus with eight goals.

Next for Milan, Lille will be absent on Thursday in the Europa League and Fiorentina at home on Sunday in Serie A.

Published: November 23, 2020 kl. 12.22

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