Cheek hospitalised with scary injury after leaving pitch in neck brace

Ruben Loftus-Cheek hospitalised with scary injury after leaving pitch in neck brace

Ruben Loftus-Cheek was involved in a nasty collision during AC Milan's clash with Parma, leaving the ex-Chelsea star needing to be stretchered off with a head brace in place

AC Milan's Ruben Loftus-Cheek was stretchered off with a serious head injury, that left him in a brace, after colliding with Parma goalkeeper Edoardo Corvi.

The former Chelsea star was only involved for a matter of minutes before the incident, with the pair coming together as they looked to get to a cross. There was blood visible on his face and DAZN reported that the worst damage was to his teeth.

The Englishman was taken to the local hospital for tests, but never lost consciousness despite the images that emerged. Loftus-Cheek has been plying his trade in Italy since 2023 after playing for several London clubs, Fulham and Crystal Palace among them.

The 30-year-old has remained a regular at the San Siro, but is now set for a period on the sidelines, even if no timeline or diagnosis has been given following his injury. Milan will be left to count the cost of Sunday with Matteo Gabbia pulling out in the warm-up before they were beaten late on.

AC Milan sit second in Serie A and hadn't lost in the league since the opening weekend of the season, but they are someway off leaders and city rivals Inter Milan.

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Despite playing in Italy Loftus-Cheek remains on the England radar, so much so that he landed a shock recall earlier this season. He endured a near seven-year absence from the national team, but was bought back into the fold when Thomas Tuchel needed some injury cover.

He hadn't played for the Three Lions since a friendly against the United States in November 2018. The midfielder would later rupture his Achilles in 2019 playing for Chelsea in a friendly before the Europa League final, and subsequently fell out of the England picture.

Loftus-Cheek confessed in September: "When I ruptured my Achilles, I was on such a high [before it happened], so after that I had a hard time mentally. But I was still young, I still had time to come back, so I wasn't too low."

He added: "You still want to push in club football with the hope of maybe getting a sniff. But I just completely forgot about it and was being a fan of the team instead."

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