Sky Italia are reporting that Zlatan Ibrahimovic will be back fit for Milan when they host Manchester United on Thursday night.
They claim that the Swede won’t be fit enough to start the game, but should be available to come on as a sub.
He has trained fully with his teammates today and should be able to play a part against United.
United need an away goal in Italy, having conceded in stoppage time at Old Trafford on Thursday.
And if the tie is still tight going into the closing stages this week, Stefano Pioli will likely have his talisman to call on from the bench.
United will be hoping with some similar luck with injuries, to allow Anthony Martial and Edinson Cavani to be involved in Italy.
Both sides were hit by injuries ahead of the first leg and Milan have also had other good news on that front this week.
They’ve had a quadruple injury boost already, with Ante Rebic, Jens Petter Hauge, Hakan Calhanoglu and Theo Hernandez all playing against Napoli on Sunday having not been fit at Old Trafford.
But it’s the prognosis on Zlatan which is getting some United fans on social media worried.
From the moment the two sides were drawn against each other, there was always the lingering fear that Ibrahimovic would come back to haunt his old club.
United were spared a battle with the Swede in the first leg but that doesn’t look like it’ll be the case on Thursday.
Here’s how the report went down with some United fans on Twitter:
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