Reports: Milan fears injured Pulisic out for month

AC Milan and United States prima Christian Pulisic is headed backmost to Italy aft planetary work with a hamstring injury, and though the U.S. winger inactive has to beryllium afloat evaluated by his club, reports accidental helium could beryllium sidelined for astir a month.

That would mean Pulisic would not lone miss Sunday's lucifer against Fiorentina but besides Serie A matches against Pisa, Atalanta, Roma and Parma arsenic the affable matches played by the U.S. could outgo Milan dearly.

Despite the reports, a root told ESPN that Pulisic's instrumentality formation to Milan had been delayed and that helium was inactive successful the United States, adding that nary scans had been done yet to find the grade of his injury.

Pulisic has been Milan's champion subordinate by acold this season, with six goals and 2 assists successful 7 matches earlier a uncommon missed punishment successful a goalless gully against Juventus earlier the planetary break.

The 27-year-old Pulisic was slowed by a close ankle wounded past week and lone entered Friday's 1-1 gully against Ecuador successful the 73rd minute. Despite that -- and the matches lone being friendlies -- helium started Tuesday's 2-1 triumph implicit Australia but was forced disconnected aft 26 minutes with an evident hamstring injury.

After the match, U.S. manager Mauricio Pochettino suggested the alteration successful clime and altitude betwixt its archetypal crippled successful Austin and the crippled against Australia successful Denver arsenic a imaginable contributing origin to Pulisic's injury.

"I deliberation it's a happening that is simply a monolithic risk. I don't privation to accidental that Christian oregon if it's thing because, but I deliberation it was truly pugnacious for the player," Pochettino said. "We cognize to hole the crippled and past to play. We got truly bittersweet astir this [Pulisic] concern due to the fact that I deliberation it is difficult.

"I deliberation the [temperature] quality [between Austin and Colorado] and that tin impact your assemblage and everything. That is difficult. But yes, that is simply a happening that we request to hole for the aboriginal erstwhile we travel from Europe due to the fact that [the altitude] tin impact [things]."

The Rossoneri will anticipation to person him backmost astatine slightest for the derby lucifer against Inter Milan connected Nov. 23 -- aft the adjacent i...