Juventus have received good news as Claudio Marchisio’s knee injury is not as bad as first feared.
The 29-year-old limped out of training with the Italian national team on Friday morning, before it was announced by the Azzurri medical staff he had torn his anterior cruciate ligament, thus ruling him out for six months.
But after further tests, a statement on Juventus’ official website read: “After returning from national team duty, Claudio Marchisio was subjected to tests by Juventus doctors and professor Flavio Quaglia.
“He was then given a MRI scan on his right knee late on [Friday] evening by professor Carlo Faletti at Fornaca clinic.
“The examination has excluded lesions in the anterior cruciate ligament.
“Claudio will rest for a few days with his condition being continuously monitored.”
