<p>MILAN — Zlatan Ibrahimović will be fit enough to face his former club when AC Milan hosts Manchester United in the Europa League on Thursday.</p>
<p>The Sweden forward, who played for United from 2016-18, has missed Milan’s past four matches with a left thigh injury. That ruled him out of a return to Old Trafford, where Milan snatched a 1-1 draw in the first leg of the round of 16.</p>
<p>Milan coach Stefano Pioli said Wednesday that Ibrahimović has recovered sufficiently to play some part in Thursday’s match but would not confirm whether the 39-year-old Ibrahimović would be part of the starting lineup.</p>
<p>“We’ll see what choices I’ll make tomorrow,” Pioli said. “His return to the squad is important for us but clearly he won’t be able to play for 90 minutes.”</p>
<p>Milan has won only one of the four matches during Ibrahimović’s absence and has slipped nine points behind Serie A leader Inter Milan.</p>
<p>It was a fourth spell on the sidelines for Ibrahimović this season after testing positive for the coronavirus and two other injuries to his left leg.</p>
<p>Ibrahimović has nevertheless scored 14 goals in as many league matches.</p>
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