23-man squad for Empoli trip, Palombo ruled out with back pain

Vincenzo Montella has named a 23-man squad for Sampdoria’s match against Empoli at the Stadio Castellani on Saturday at 17:00 CET.

There was some bad news from the treatment room for Montella as Angelo Palombo was ruled out of the clash due to back pain, with neither Carlos Carbonero nor Jacopo Sala yet fit enough to be involved.

Milan Skriniar will be in Francesco Pedone’s Primavera squad this week.

Below is the full squad:

Goalkeepers: Brignoli, Puggioni, Viviano.

Defenders: Cassani, De Silvestri, Diakite, Dodo, Moisander, Pereira, Ranocchia, Silvestre.

Midfielders: Alvarez, Barreto, Christodoulopoulos, Correa, Fernando, Ivan, Krsticic, Soriano.

Forwards: Cassano, Muriel, Quagliarella, Rodriguez.