Overview
- Loftus-Cheek was substituted on at the Bluenergy Stadium and left the Udinese match appearing injured, with reporting from multiple outlets confirming the problem happened on Sunday.
- Club scans showed a lesion to the medial hamstring of his left thigh and Milan has scheduled specialist re-evaluation in roughly two weeks to determine severity and next steps.
- Initial medical estimates place recovery at around two to eight weeks depending on the lesion grade, so short-term availability remains uncertain until the follow-up checks.
- The injury raises Milan’s list of absentees to around eight players for the upcoming game against Bologna because Mario Gila, Diego Moreira and Adrien Rabiot are also unavailable.
- Coach Ruben Amorim has adapted formation and given minutes to young or backup players such as Sankhoun Diawara, Davide Bartesaghi and Omari Hutchinson and the two-week assessment will shape selection decisions and potential winter-window planning.