Francesco Pio Esposito will be available for the upcoming FIFA Club World Cup match between Inter Milan and Urawa Red Diamonds.
Per FCInterNews, the 19-year-old striker has put a niggling knee injury behind him and will fight for a place in the starting XI.
More importantly, Esposito’s recovery couldn’t have come at a more opportune moment for the Nerazzurri.
Indeed, Cristian Chivu lost Marcus Thuram to a hamstring problem during last night’s 1-1 draw against CF Monterrey.
Francesco Pio Esposito Hands Inter Milan Fitness Boost Ahead of Urawa Reds Clash
With the standout Frenchman likely to miss the game, Esposito could partner Lautaro Martinez in attack.
Meanwhile, his brother, Esposito, made the starting eleven against Monterrey.
Yet, he wasted a glorious chance to draw Inter level immediately after Sergio Ramos’ goal.
Therefore, Chivu will likely bench the ex-Empoli loanee against Urawa.
As the only remaining attacking option, Francesco Pio seems like the ideal candidate to start.
However, Denzel Dumfries, Hakan Calhanoglu, and Yann Bisseck remain on the sidelines.
The same goes for Piotr Zielinski and Davide Frattesi.
He has injuries and not 100% fit.
I am not too worried about strikers at Inter especially since Bonny is coming we got a good depth. I think we need another midfielder and a defender and get rid of acerbi and miki.
backups. those two are still good, but not for long run
Bonny is not good striker
Why Inter didn’t consider to take Osimhen as one of the consideration?
money? what do you expect from a team that the majority of players were free agents and low wages
he needs to play. we need to see if he’s hungry for the opportunity. I thought Sebastiano was lively and had energy. that’s what the team needs
Esposito elder should still start since his younger is just fit, Sebastian was actually good yesterday just missing his finishing boots. He deserves a repeat chance while bis brother can come on 2nd half.
i expect non since he has injuries and not 100% fit
Hope he starts proves everyone wrong and we dont buy hojlund
There is absolutely nothing to lose by filling the roster spots with our own youth.
Guys like Taremi and Arnautovic have proven to be as wasteful as a striker can be and represent no future value or potential.
did anyone expect anything from arnautovic? taremi? those stupid iranians said yes. if anyone had high hopes from arnautovic they were delusional, but he did more than the minority expected and was much better than taremi who’s 6 years younger than him and had good season before joining inter
Probably should start on the bench if he’s just back from injury, but really excited to see what Pio Esposito can do for us in this tournament! I’d love it if he could prove himself, and save us wasting money on the likes of Hoijlund…..