Today, at Appiano, players will be lined up outside the doctors office for checks ahead of the next Europa League game on Thursday against Eintracht Frankfurt.

According to Tuttosport, Joao Miranda will have work done to recompose the fractured nasal bone, with the aim of being available against Milan, with a protective mask. After that, Marcelo Brozovic, will have an exam done on his right thigh, after he complained of a muscle tear within the first half of last weekends game against Spal and is very unlikely to be available for the derby.

The injuries to Brozovic, Miranda, Nainggolan and Icardi, suspensions of Lautaro and Asamoah, as well as the FFP restrictions excluding Dalbert, Gagliardini and Joao Mario, will mean that 5 boys from the Primavera will get a call up against Eintracht.

Zappa, Nolan, Schiro, Roric, Gavioli, Merola and the extremely rated youngster, Esposito are all being marked as potential candidates for the call up, even if the chances of any of them featuring are low.