Marco van Ginkel could be recalled early from his loan spell at AC Milan by Chelsea with neither the player nor his parent club happy with the amount of playing time he is getting in Italy.

Van Ginkel joined the Rossoneri on a season-long loan in the summer, yet he has only appeared once in Serie A, leaving the field at Empoli after just half an hour due to injury.

Even when he has been fit, the 21-year-old Dutch midfielder has found himself on the bench and his agent says enough is now enough.

"Things looked promising with Milan -- Marco started the season on the bench and expected to play once he had adapted to the new club and new country, but after having recovered from his injury, he has only played a few minutes," Karel Jansen said in Gazzetta dello Sport. "We're not happy and there is no logic to any of this."

Van Ginkel's loan in Milan will not cost the Serie A club anything if he makes more than 20 appearances this season. Otherwise, they will have to pay the Premier League club a reported 400,000 euros, and that is looking increasingly likely with only six games left before January, when the Blues may well summon him back to loan him out to another club where he could get more playing time.