Álvaro Morata has been hospitalized after suffering a serious head injury during an AC Milan training session.

The Spaniard moved to Italy in the summer and has struggled to find his best form, but managed to score in their recent win over Real Madrid.

The former Chelsea and Atlético Madrid striker finished from close range to help regain Milan’s lead before they finally found a crucial third goal late on.

The 32-year-old seemed to have found his place in Milan after that performance, but will now be on the sidelines for a while.

In a statement released on Thursday, Milan confirmed that Morata had suffered a head injury during training and had been rushed to hospital.

Álvaro Morata was rushed to hospital after suffering a serious head injury during training.

It comes just days after the Spaniard scored during AC Milan’s 3-1 win over Real Madrid.

“After a crash this morning in training, Morata suffered a serious head injury,” Milan said. in a statement.

“He was rushed to the hospital, where an MRI showed negative results. Álvaro is feeling better and will remain under observation in the hospital to comply with the protocol for similar cases.”

Sky Italia reports that Morata suffered the head injury following a training collision with centre-back Strahinja Pavlovic.

He is expected to spend the night in hospital and will miss Saturday’s game in Sardinia.

Last month, Morata admitted that “there came a time when I couldn’t lace my boots” and spoke about his battle with “depression” in recent years.

Speaking to El Partidazo, Morata said: “When you have very hard moments, depression, panic attacks, no matter the work you do, the situation you have in life, inside you have another person that you have to fight against every time.” . day and every night. For me, leaving Spain was the best option; I couldn’t stand it.’

The Spaniard moved to AC Milan in the summer, fresh from captaining Spain to the European Championship title after beating England in the final.

Speaking further about his time in Spain, he said: “I had a really bad time. I thought I wouldn’t be able to put my boots back on and go out on the pitch.

Morata suffered the head injury after a collision with central defender Strahinja Pavlovic

But hey, thanks to many people, from Simeone, Koke, Miguel Ángel Gil last year, my psychiatrist, my coach… we are what you see on TV and on the networks but many times it is not real.

‘You have to give an image because it’s your job. I had a very bad time, I exploded and there came a time when I couldn’t tie my boots, and when I did I ran home because my throat was closing and my vision was starting to blur.

‘Three months before the European Championship I was wondering if I could play another game. I didn’t know what was happening to me but it is very complicated and delicate. At that moment you realize that the thing you like most in the world is what you hate the most, it’s complicated.

“Every time I went out with them I always had some episode, sometimes without malice, with people about something that had happened in previous games.”