Official: Douglas Costa available to play against Tottenham

Lorenzo Bettoni
07 feb 2018

Juventus fans can breathe a sigh of relief as the bianconeri star Douglas Costa will be eligible to play Friday’s Serie A clash against Fiorentina as well as Tuesday’s Champions League opener against Tottenham.

Juventus have just released a medical update revealing that the Brazilian worked alongside the rest of the group today and will be eligible to play against Fiorentina on Friday night.

Reports in Italy, however, claim Massimiliano Allegri will rest the former Bayern Munich ace against Fiorentina to have him 100% fit against Tottenham three days later.

Lavoro tattico a Vinovo verso #FiorentinaJuve

Rientra in gruppo @douglascosta, lavoro personalizzato per @sturaro_stefano. Il report dell'allenamento di oggi https://t.co/hRlRbNEYX0 pic.twitter.com/B8e9GioPPa
— JuventusFC (@juventusfc) 7 febbraio 2018

The Old Lady, however, has also announced that Stefano Sturaro did not train with the rest of the team today as he’s been diagnosed with left ankle and knee sprain.

“Sturaro got injured during yesterday’s training session, his injury is not severe and the player trained apart from the rest of the team today.” Juventus' announcement reads.

Sturaro’s injury leaves Juventus short of option in the middle of the park as the likes of Sami Khedira, Claudio Marchisio and Miralem Pjanic are the only fit midfielders at the moment.

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