Napoli have just 12 outfield players

Napoli have only 12 senior outfield players available for the Europa League trip to Granada, as Gennaro Gattuso’s squad is decimated.

It is due to kick off on Thursday at 20.00 GMT, the first leg in the Round of 32.

The injury list is so extensive that Gattuso has to pack his travelling party with six youth players who until now didn’t even have shirt numbers.

Napoli have only 12 senior outfield players available for the Europa League trip to Granada, as Gennaro Gattuso’s squad is decimated.

It is due to kick off on Thursday at 20.00 GMT, the first leg in the Round of 32.

The injury list is so extensive that Gattuso has to pack his travelling party with six youth players who until now didn’t even have shirt numbers.

There are only 12 regular senior outfield players in the side, as David Ospina, Dries Mertens, Hirving Lozano, Kalidou Koulibaly, Faouzi Ghoulam, Kostas Manolas, Elseid Hysaj, Andrea Petagna and Diego Demme are out of action.

The Partenopei also have a huge Serie A match coming up against Atalanta on Sunday.

Napoli squad for Granada: Meret, Contini, Idasiak; Di Lorenzo, Maksimovic, Rrahmani, Mario Rui, Costanzo, Zedadka; Elmas, Lobotka, Fabian Ruiz, Zielinski, Bakayoko, Labriola; Osimhen, Politano, Insigne, Cioffi, D’Agostino