Napoli forward Dries Mertens has reportedly travelled home to Belgium, as a thigh injury forces him to miss the match against Inter.
The Partenopei coach Gennaro Gattuso’s injury list is growing ahead of the big game against the Nerazzurri on Monday night and the latest setback comes for the Belgium international Mertens.
Sky Sport Italia reports that the attacker struggles with an adductor problem in the thigh and has travelled back to his native Belgium and is expected to return during the middle of next week.
Napoli forward Dries Mertens has reportedly travelled home to Belgium, as a thigh injury forces him to miss the match against Inter.
The Partenopei coach Gennaro Gattuso’s injury list is growing ahead of the big game against the Nerazzurri on Monday night and the latest setback comes for the Belgium international Mertens.
Sky Sport Italia reports that the attacker struggles with an adductor problem in the thigh and has travelled back to his native Belgium and is expected to return during the middle of next week.
Kalidou Koulibaly will be missing during the first game after the winter break and Nikola Maksimovic is still on the treatment table. Gattuso also needs to evaluate if Sebastiano Luperto is in the right condition to return to the line-up next to Kostas Manolas.
Napoli enter the match at eight in the League, 11 points behind Roma at fourth as Gattuso is facing Antonio Conte for the first time as a coach.