Surgery for Gabbia as Milan lose defender for circa 1 month

Milan will be without defender Matteo Gabbia for circa a month after his injury proved to be more serious, as he had surgery today in London.

The centre-back had pulled up during the warm-up of their defeat to Parma at San Siro.

It was believed to be an inflammation of the hip area, and Max Allegri said only three days ago that he would be back “as soon as possible.”

Milan lose Gabbia for at least four weeks

However, multiple sources this evening including Sky Sport Italia and MilanNews claim that the player underwent a specialist consultation in London.

That recommended a surgical option to resolve the sports hernia, performed by Professor Ernest Schilders at the Mayo Clinic in London.

Gabbia is expected to fly back to Italy tomorrow, as the surgery was a complete success, and begin the rehabilitation process.

His fully recovery is expected to require around a month on the sidelines.

That also means he will not be available for Italy’s World Cup play-off later this month either.