<p class="title">AC Milan striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic will not be ready to return from injury in Sunday's Serie A match at home to Cagliari, coach Stefano Pioli has said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Ibrahimovic, who will turn 40 in October, has been out of action since damaging his left knee during Milan's 3-0 Serie A victory over Juventus in May, with the coming matches after the international break a more likely target.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"They (Ibrahimovic and midfielder Franck Kessie) are doing a good job, they are improving, and I hope that from next week they will be back in the group and ready after the break," Pioli told a news conference on Saturday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"That is when I hope to have the whole group available."</p>.<p class="bodytext">Kessie was reported to have suffered a muscular injry in training.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Milan enjoyed a marked improvement last season to book a return to the Champions League for the first time since 2013-14, form which means they are now seen in a different light according to Pioli.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"We have grown, we are more aware of our strengths," he added. "The important thing is that the team enters the pitch with clear ideas. Overcoming Cagliari will not be easy.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"We must always have this enthusiasm; we must get excited and excite our fans. Then I don’t know about our opponents, but we have grown.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"We are no longer the surprise package in the league and we try to develop."</p>
<p class="title">AC Milan striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic will not be ready to return from injury in Sunday's Serie A match at home to Cagliari, coach Stefano Pioli has said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Ibrahimovic, who will turn 40 in October, has been out of action since damaging his left knee during Milan's 3-0 Serie A victory over Juventus in May, with the coming matches after the international break a more likely target.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"They (Ibrahimovic and midfielder Franck Kessie) are doing a good job, they are improving, and I hope that from next week they will be back in the group and ready after the break," Pioli told a news conference on Saturday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"That is when I hope to have the whole group available."</p>.<p class="bodytext">Kessie was reported to have suffered a muscular injry in training.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Milan enjoyed a marked improvement last season to book a return to the Champions League for the first time since 2013-14, form which means they are now seen in a different light according to Pioli.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"We have grown, we are more aware of our strengths," he added. "The important thing is that the team enters the pitch with clear ideas. Overcoming Cagliari will not be easy.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"We must always have this enthusiasm; we must get excited and excite our fans. Then I don’t know about our opponents, but we have grown.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"We are no longer the surprise package in the league and we try to develop."</p>