Zlatan Ibrahimovic has undergone surgery on a knee injury and faces up to eight months out, AC Milan confirmed on Wednesday.
The striker, who helped end Milan’s 11-year wait for a Serie A title last weekend, is out of contract at the club in the summer.
A statement from AC Milan said: “AC Milan announces that Zlatan Ibrahimovic underwent an operation on his left knee carried out by Dr Bertrand Sonnery-Cottet, with the Club’s Medical Director Stefano Mazzoni in attendance, at the Hopital Jean Mermoz in Lyon.
“The arthroscopy had been planned for a while to definitively resolve the joint’s instability through the reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament, with lateral reinforcement and meniscus reparation.
“The operation was a complete success and the prognosis is estimated between 7 and 8 months.”