New signing Diego Demme could make his Napoli debut in the Coppa Italia Round of 16 against Perugia tomorrow.

It kicks off at the Stadio San Paolo on Tuesday at 14.00 GMT.

Demme completed his transfer from RB Leipzig at the weekend for a reported €12m and is already in Gennaro Gattuso’s squad.

The German-born midfielder has chosen shirt number 4.

Kalidou Koulibaly, Dries Mertens, Faouzi Ghoulam and Nikola Maksimovic are still unavailable due to injury.

New signing Diego Demme could make his Napoli debut in the Coppa Italia Round of 16 against Perugia tomorrow.

It kicks off at the Stadio San Paolo on Tuesday at 14.00 GMT.

Demme completed his transfer from RB Leipzig at the weekend for a reported €12m and is already in Gennaro Gattuso’s squad.

The German-born midfielder has chosen shirt number 4.

Kalidou Koulibaly, Dries Mertens, Faouzi Ghoulam and Nikola Maksimovic are still unavailable due to injury.

A statement from Napoli confirmed goalkeeper Orestis Karnezis sprained his ankle in training, but he is still included in the squad.

Alex Meret returns after missing the 1-0 loss to Lazio with a slight problem.

Napoli squad for Perugia: Karnezis, Meret, Ospina; Mario Rui, Luperto, Di Lorenzo, Hysaj, Manolas, Tonelli; Demme, Allan, Fabiàn, Elmas, Zielinski, Gaetano; Callejon, Llorente, Lozano, Insigne, Younes, Milik

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