Arsenal loanee Pablo Mari is undergoing surgery on Friday after being attacked with a knife in Milan, but the defender wants to be playing again as soon as Monday, says Monza president Adriano Galliani.
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One man was killed with five more injured in the attack at the Assago shopping centre, with Mari stabbed in the back but fortunately avoiding serious injury.
Galliani explained on Thursday night: ‘I’ve spoken to Pablo, he’s conscious. He told me about this incredible incident. He had his son in a trolley and his wife next to him. He didn’t notice anything.
‘He then felt something painful in his back, which was the criminal’s knife. I imagine he was saved by his height, because he was struck on the shoulder.