Milan double blow as Loftus-Cheek and Gabbia suffer injuries

Milan suffered two major injuries in their match against Parma, as Matteo Gabbia pulled out in the warm-up, then Ruben Loftus-Cheek was stretchered off with head trauma.

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The Rossoneri were already missing Santiago Gimenez for this evening’s encounter at San Siro, and Strahinja Pavlovic was only fit for the bench after a bruised shin.

Milan lose two players to new injury problems

They were using wing-back Davide Bartesaghi as part of the back three in an unusual role, but were forced into another adjustment before kick-off.

Gabbia had originally been named in the starting XI and pulled out with muscular problems during the warm-up, so was replaced by Koni De Winter.

Just a few minutes into the match, Milan saw Loftus-Cheek collide heavily with Parma goalkeeper Edoardo Corvi as they tried to reach an Alexis Saelemaekers rabona cross.

The England international midfielder came off considerably worse, as he had to be stretchered away with a head injury.

There was blood visible on his face, suggesting it is possibly a fractured cheekbone, although DAZN Italia report that the worst damage was to his teeth.

He is being taken to the local hospital for tests, but never lost consciousness.

Loftus-Cheek was replaced by Ardon Jashari just 11 minutes into the game.