Juventus’ Teun Koopmeiners (R) fights for the ball with Napoli’s Kosovan Amir Rrahmani.© AFP
Juventus’ damage issues continued on Thursday after Teun Koopmeiners was discovered to have suffered a fractured rib throughout final weekend’s Serie A draw with Cagliari. Netherlands midfielder Koopmeiners was substituted at half-time of Sunday’s 1-1 draw and Juve stated that he underwent checks “following the persistence of the painful signs”. Those checks “confirmed the presence of a barely dislocated fracture of the second proper anterior rib”. Juve didn’t say for the way lengthy Koopmeiners could be sidelined, including that “his restoration can be evaluated in response to his signs”.
The 26-year-old, who signed for Juventus from Atalanta in August in a deal value as much as 60.7 million euros ($66.4 million), could possibly be out for so long as 4 weeks.
That would rule him out of Juve’s journey to fierce rivals and reigning Serie A champions Inter Milan later this month.
Koopmeiners’ layoff is the most recent to hit coach Thiago Motta, who final week misplaced key defender Gleison Bremer to an anterior cruciate ligament damage which might maintain the Brazil defender out for the remainder of the season.
Also on Juve’s therapy desk are wingers Nicolas Gonzalez and Timothy Weah and striker Arkadiusz Milik, who has had persistent issues along with his left knee.
Juventus are third in Serie A, three factors behind league leaders Napoli and stage with their subsequent opponents Lazio.
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