Favasuli set for six weeks out, return pushed back to mid-November

Costantino Favasuli will be out for around six weeks. The muscle injury, confirmed in recent days after he picked it up on Under-21 duty, points to a return between mid and late November, during the next international break window.

The long absence shelves the tactical plan Allegri had in mind for the summer signing. With Favasuli out, the head coach will not change his set-up: Matteo Politano keeps covering that flank across the league and the Champions League, with David Neres — building up condition during this break — as the option on the right. Antonio Vergara is not seen as suited to that role; Allegri views him more as a holding midfielder, or at most on the left.