Milan receive defensive boost but one new signing ruled out of Roma match | OneFootball

Sergio Conceicao welcomed Matteo Gabbia back to his first-team group in training on Tuesday ahead of Wednesday’s match against Roma in the Coppa Italia quarter-final, but one of the club’s January signings will not be fit enough in time for the game against Claudio Ranieri’s Giallorossi.

Gabbia came off at half-time of the 2-1 loss to Dinamo Zagreb in the final round of Champions League league phase fixtures with what was later diagnosed as a slight muscular injury.

That setback meant that he was only fit enough to play the final five minutes of the Derby della Madonnina against Inter, which ended in a 1-1 draw at the weekend.

Lautaro Martinez and Matteo Gabbia during Inter-Milan (Photo by Marco Luzzani/Getty Images)

However, he was back in full training with the rest of the first-team group at Milanello on Tuesday, which means that he could be involved against Roma in the Coppa Italia quarter-final on Wednesday according to updates from Gianluca Di Marzio.

One new Milan signing ruled out of Roma match in Coppa Italia

Milan had a very busy end to the January transfer market, officially adding Santiago Gimenez, Joao Felix, Riccardo Sottil and Warren Bondo to their ranks on the final day of the window.

Official: Milan sign Warren Bondo from Monza on deadline day (picture: @acmilan via X)

Three of those players were involved in training, as was Kyle Walker, who joined from Manchester City earlier in January, but deadline day signing Bondo has a slight muscular injury and is expected to be fit enough to play next week.