OK, we're done.

50 days... so I'd say he'll be available in April.

I'll wait for an official announcement. But if it's true (2 months) then it's terrible news...

Oh my God... what the fvck has happened?!

Ronaldo... and now Gattuso?! if these injuries are long-term then we're done...


Intertoto... here we come!

There's nothing about it on acmilan.com yet. The Italian sources seem to all link back to the tuttomercatoweb snippet that Porty quoted above. The 'daily training' bit, call up list, and Carletto's pregame press conference should be up in a couple of hours and I imagine we'll know more then.

I think a certain Cesc Fabregas is going to be smiling at this news. This could be very, very bad.

what?

What what?

Kurt's right. now who's gonna tame Cesc?...

I'm very sorry he won't be playing in the league, but I can't bring myself to say I feel the same way in the CL...

he'll be a miss don't get me wrong but he hasn't had his best season so far but like Tennie said nothing official as yet

Did you see him play on Wednesday? he was ON FORM! he was back to ideal form I hope it's just a rumor.

missed the game wednesday, but as you sayi hope its a rumour to!

Today's training says only that Rino had 'individual training' as did Ronaldo. Nothing yet on the website about the injury or the length of time out.

EDIT: Controcampo says it's a knee problem and that he'll be out at least a month.

=/

.. our hopes rest with Emerson. With Ronaldo's fitness issues, it's almost 100% sure we're going to play a 4-3-2-1 @ Arsenal.. meaning Emerson (or Brocchi ) comes on.

Lucky Arsenal bitches

Gattuso Out Of Arsenal Clash

AC Milan have received a huge blow after Gennaro Gattuso was ruled out for around 50 days with injury, meaning that he will miss both legs of the Champions League tie with Arsenal.


Gattuso has picked up a serious muscle strain and has immediately been withdrawn from the Milan squad set to travel to Florence for this Sunday’s crucial trip to Fiorentina.

The 30-year-old hardman had struggled at times this season for form, but it seemed as though he was returning to something near his very best after an improved performance against Genoa last weekend, and a rampaging display in the midweek win at Reggina.
Gattuso will also miss the Serie A matches with Siena, Parma, Livorno, Palermo, Catania, Lazio and Empoli.

If estimates are correct he should return in time for the week 28 trip to the Stadio Olimpico to face Roma.

Most worrying for Milan will be his absence from the Champions League knockout tie with Arsenal. The first leg in London is on February 20, with the return on March 4.

Gattuso will also naturally be ruled out of Italy’s international friendly with Portugal in Zurich next week.

The ex-Rangers man is a notoriously fast healer and Milan fans will be hoping for a miraculous recovery in time for the super-clash with Arsenal.

GOAL.COM

Come on now, this is not so bad. If we play with two forwards, Ambrosini can take Rino's place. Now I'm not the biggest fan of Ambro but he can do the job.

i think ambro could do the job

but this proves a serious problem we've all been saying...we have no REAL talent that can step in for our starters

Problem is that there's no guarantee Ronaldo will be there for Arsenal game, and I'm not sure if Carlo dares to play Pato in an important game with such atmosphere.

look at all the other teams, everyone has at least 2-3 injuries. we need quality players on the bench, lets say a guy like essien for example on the team, it could easily work to have kaka, pirlo,gattuso,seedorf,ambro and essien compete for the 4 spots in midfield. it's not even matter of having 4 regulars and the 2 of them are subs. theres such a as ROTATION oh and INJURIES it's not hard to for see this. each guy would be guaranteed a good 30 games per year which is good. (except maybe ambro)

i mean even before our injuries we were struggling. it's more than just a matter of lacking depth, we lacking quality in our starting 11 in several positions. it's become quite clear certain players are too old to perform.

Unlike Inter, for example.

Ambrosini can do "the Rino" job?

It's like saying that Park or Fletcher can do a Cristiano job in United. Not even in their wet-dreams.

Gazzetta's article (finally up on their website) is estimating 20-30 days out. 3 weeks is a long time but it's better than 6.

erm..ok

anyway i think with ambro playing we have a bit more in the passing dept. and a bigger presence in the oppositions penaty boxes so what we lose in 1 way we gain in another

^^^ Practically a word-for-word translation of the Gazzetta article.

So... he could make the second leg of Arsenal game... hopefully?

it's just a pure luck that he managed to injure after the winter transfer break...nor i think we would acctually sign or loan someone to replace him, obviously emerson and brocchi togetger can't replace gattuso...but maybe pirlo will play now more on the side with emerson in the centre, like on wednesday's match...4-3-1-2 or 4-3-2-1...maybe even 4-4-2 (4-4-1-1)...we'll see

Yes cause we rely so much on Rino's goals and Ambro cannot provide that...

exactly!

EDIT: didn't see the article was already posted!


sad news indeed, but i think we can still manage...

According to Ch. 4, he'll be out for three weeks instead of two months.

Nonetheless, who on earth actually says "50 days" nowadays in regards to a timeframe?

What 50 days, that mutha fuckin' dawg is going to be fit for the kids from Arsenal, if not, who the **** cares, I'm an Uncle, bring some vodka in Da house...

RESPECT!

i think he will play the first game and get injected badly ! just like man untd

From the ticker on Gazzetta dello Sport's website:

MILANO - Il centrocampista del Milan Gennaro Gattuso sara' pronto per la sfida di Champions League contro l'Arsenal. Inzialmente si era parlato di un mese e mezzo di stop per il guaio al flessore della coscia destra, ma il giocatore dovrebbe essere disponibile per gli ottavi di finale di coppa.

[Milan midfielder Gennaro Gattuso will be ready for the Champions League games against Arsenal. Initially there was talk of a month out for a strain to his right thigh, but the player should be available for the CL games.]

Very good news! (Cesc can go back to being afraid, I think.)

Yes... yes!! I want Gattuso to make Cesc look like C.Ronaldo in last season a bum!

Now we want Pato fit for those games.