Portsmouth's Lassana Diarra's ankle injury is not as bad as first thought.

Diarra had to join up with French team for international duty which infuriated Pompey boss Tony Adams but it seems the French medical team have confirmed the injury is not all that bad.

"When Lassana left Upton Park on crutches we thought he had a very bad ankle injury. But the injury isn't as bad as we originally thought," said Pompey physio Gary Sadler.

"We've had a call from him from France. He's had a scan after reporting to the French medical team.

"The good news is that he could be available for AC Milan. Even better news is that he might even be available for this weekend.

"He'll return to us on Thursday and we'll see how he is. He seemed in quite high spirits about things when we spoke to him."