Atalanta confirm new De Ketelaere and Ahanor injury problems

Atalanta will be without Charles De Ketelaere and Honest Ahanor for their friendly against Athletic Club, as both sustained muscular injuries.

The two players limped off during training in Bergamo on Wednesday and today underwent tests to show the extent of the damage.

A statement on the club website confirmed De Ketelaere has been diagnosed with a strain of the adductor in the left leg, while defender Ahanor has an adductor issue in his right leg.

Both are low grade strains, so no significant damage, but they will be rested and evaluated over the next few days.

It means they are definitely out of Atalanta’s final pre-season friendly test against Athletic Club at the New Balance Arena on Friday, which will be the XXVII edition of the Trofeo Bortolotti.

They were already missing Kamaldeen Sulemana, who has been ruled out for two months with a knee ligament injury.

La Dea will begin their season with the Conference League play-off against Hapoel Tel-Aviv on August 20, then the second leg is on August 27.

Their opening Serie A fixture is at home to Sassuolo on August 23.