AC Milan’s Swedish ahead Zlatan Ibrahimovic warms up previous to the Italian Serie A soccer match between AC Milan and Lecce at San Siro stadium in Milan on April 23, 2023.| Photo Credit: AFP

Zlatan Ibrahimovic's injury-hit season may very well be at an finish after AC Milan stated on April 29 that the Sweden worldwide has picked up a knock to his proper calf.

Milan didn't specify for a way lengthy Ibrahimovic could be out however stated that there a "small hope" that he might play earlier than the tip of the season, which in Italy finishes on the primary weekend in June.

The veteran striker picked up the harm through the warm-up earlier than Milan's 2-0 win over Lecce final weekend.

Ibrahimovic, a key determine in Milan's resurgence to the highest of Italian soccer, has hardly featured for Stefano Pioli's facet all season, returning in February following surgical procedure on his left knee in May.

The 41-year-old has solely began one match for Milan all season, in a 3-1 win at Udinese in March through which he turned the oldest goalscorer in Serie A historical past.

He is not on the checklist of gamers eligible for Milan's Champions League marketing campaign so he is not going to function within the derby semi-final with Inter Milan subsequent month.

Ibrahimovic's newest harm casts doubt over whether or not he'll retire on the finish of the season, along with his contract expiring in June and no news concerning an extension.