Mike Maignan will be unavailable for AC Milan until January due to a calf
injury, coach Stefano Pioli said on Friday, casting doubt on the France
international's chances of going to the World Cup.
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Goalkeeper Maignan injured himself in training on Wednesday while preparing
to make his Milan return after picking up the same knock on international duty
last month.
The Italian champions initially said Maignan would be assessed in 10 days'
time but Pioli told reporters that the 27-year-old would miss the rest of 2022
for the Italian champions.
Serie A stops in mid-November for the Qatar World Cup and returning in the
new year, and Milan confirmed to AFP that Pioli was only talking about
Maignan's availability for the Serie A club and not France.
"We're sad about the injury because he is a very important player for
us, and above all because he had been trying his best to recover," Pioli
said ahead of Saturday's home match with Monza.
"We tried to assess the situation as best we could. Mike pushed to play
as soon as possible."
Maignan deputises for Hugo Lloris for Les Bleus and was expected to be
picked in Didier Deschamps' squad heading to Qatar next month as defending
world champions.
Deschamps, who will name his squad for the tournament on November 9, has
already lost midfielder N'Golo Kante who on Tuesday was ruled out four months
with a hamstring injury.
He is also sweating on the condition of Paul Pogba, who has not played a
single match for Juventus since re-signing for the Italian club after injuring
his knee in the summer.
Midfielder Pogba, who is embroiled in an alleged blackmail plot, returned to
partial training on Tuesday and could be back in action by the end of the
month.
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