unavailable due to a groin injury and will miss Milan's
game against Sassuolo.
AC Milan coach Sinisa Mihajlovic has revealed Mario Balotelli's
injury is worse than initially expected as the striker has been
ruled out of this weekend's Serie A encounter with Sassuolo.
The Italy international picked up a groin injury ahead of his
side's 4-0 Serie A defeat to Napoli at the start of October and
has been out of action since.
Milan were initially hopeful Balotelli would only miss the match
with Napoli, but the 25-year-old remains unavailable for now.
"Balotelli’s fitness has been a bit up and down," Mihajlovic said
at a news conference.
"We want to try and resolve his injury as soon as possible. He is
doing everything possible, but it's not easy to deal with a groin
injury.
"It's revealed itself to be more serious than first thought."
Milan have been struggling to find their best form this term, yet
Mihajlovic is confident they will bounce back and return to
winning ways sooner rather than later.
"We're not a world-class team at the moment, but we're trying
to achieve that," he said.
"It will take time and we need the right additions, players that
bring you quality and a winning mentality. Milan recently lost
the core of its team and we need to rebuild.
"If we look around, other big teams that have lost key players
have had problems too. It takes time, but I don't know how
much time is needed. Milan have quality.
"We can do better, this is there for all to see, and I am the first
to be responsible as the coach. But I repeat, I am sure we can
come out of it."
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