The Roma squad has made the trip to Milan for tomorrow’s clash with Inter, but are missing six first-team players.
It kicks off at San Siro on Sunday at 17.00 GMT.
As expected, Paulo Dybala has not made the journey with his teammates, as although he is clinically recovered from the collateral ligament knee injury, he is not at 100 per cent.
The same goes for Chris Smalling, who has repeatedly been expected at least back on the bench after a long lay-off, but is nowhere to be seen.
Renato Sanches and Lorenzo Pellegrini also remained at the Trigoria training ground to work on rediscovering their form following muscular issues.
Jose Mourinho also of course has to deal with the long-term absence of Tammy Abraham and Marash Kumbulla due to anterior cruciate ligament tears.
Diego Llorente returned to the starting XI for Thursday’s 2-0 Europa League win over Slavia Prague, allowing Bryan Cristante to take his more traditional midfield role.
Stephan El Shaarawy is again expected to support Romelu Lukaku, but Leonardo Spinazzola is back in the squad.