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AC Milan's Biglia out 4 months following calf surgery

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AC Milan have a massive void to fill.

Lucas Biglia, the club's primary deep-lying playmaker, is expected to be sidelined until February following surgery on his right calf.

Milan announced the timetable for his return Thursday, adding that the operation was "perfectly successful."

Biglia is one of several Milan players who've fallen injured in recent weeks. Summer signing Mattia Caldara, who joined the Rossoneri from Juventus, is also out until the new year with a torn Achilles.

Manager Gennaro Gattuso will likely call on much-maligned midfielder Tiemoue Bakayoko to play at the base of midfield for the foreseeable future. Milan, who've been linked with Arsenal's Aaron Ramsey and Zenit St. Petersburg's Leandro Paredes, could also look for reinforcements in the January transfer window.

Biglia had become one of Milan's most important players, completing 91.3 percent of his passes in his first nine matches of the Serie A season. He's often bailed out his teammates with crucial tackles and found ways out of desperate situations.

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