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Weston McKennie is absent from Juventus’ squad for the 5 November trip to AZ Alkmaar. Following the muscular problem suffered against Napoli, the American trained partially with the group, but Luciano Spalletti did not take him to the Netherlands. Juventus next visit Fiorentina on 8 November at 20:45 CET; his availability remains unconfirmed.
McKennie came off at half-time against Napoli. On Wednesday he began with the squad, worked individually alongside Juan Cabal and rejoined the closing rondo. Cabal was called up, while McKennie was left out. Partial participation was therefore insufficient for the midfielder to travel.
Juventus have eleven absentees. McKennie, Nico González, Zeki Çelik, Francisco Conceição, Kenan Yıldız, Manuel Locatelli, Khéphren Thuram and Kamil Grabara are unavailable through injury or fitness problems. Arkadiusz Milik, Daniele Rugani and Edon Zhegrova are outside the UEFA list.
Cabal, Kerim Alajbegović and Jeff Ekhator are included. Ekhator has replaced Locatelli on the UEFA list. Spalletti also selected four Next Gen players: Augusto Owusu, Filippo Pagnucco, Destiny Elimoghale and Antonio Merola.
McKennie’s absence limits midfield rotation and the option of deploying him in wider areas. Before Fiorentina, the key questions are whether he can complete full training and how he responds to the workload. The next match date alone does not establish that his recovery is complete.