Samp ‘forgive’ Okaka for Coppa

Stefano Okaka appears to have been forgiven, as he is included in Sampdoria’s Coppa Italia squad against Inter.

The centre-forward was sent home early from training on Monday following an “incident” with Coach Sinisa Mihajlovic and sporting director Carlo Osti.

This fuelled reports he would be frozen out of the squad and put on the transfer market, especially with Samuel Eto’o expected to join this week.

Stefano Okaka appears to have been forgiven, as he is included in Sampdoria’s Coppa Italia squad against Inter.

The centre-forward was sent home early from training on Monday following an “incident” with Coach Sinisa Mihajlovic and sporting director Carlo Osti.

This fuelled reports he would be frozen out of the squad and put on the transfer market, especially with Samuel Eto’o expected to join this week.

However, Okaka is included in the 23-man team travelling to Milan for tomorrow night’s Coppa Italia Round of 16 tie with Inter.

Goalkeeper Junior Da Costa is left out, as he is ready to make loan move to Bologna, while Vasco Regini is suspended.

New signing Luis Muriel was also at the Bogliasco training camp today, but his injury means he won’t be able to play for around a month.

Sampdoria squad for Inter: Massolo, Romero, Viviano; Cacciatore, De Silvestri, Fornasier, Gastaldello, Romagnoli, Silvestre; Correa, Duncan, Ivan, Kristicic, Marchionni, Obiang, Palombo, Rizzo, Soriano; Bergessio, Djordjevic, Eder, Okaka, Wszolek