Jeff Ekhator returns after almost 5 months and debuts for Juventus
A thigh muscle problem kept him out of action; now Baldini has called him up to Italy's Under-21 squad for friendlies against France and Belgium.
Jeff Ekhator is back in action after almost five months out, coming on in the closing minutes of Juventus' Europa League match against AZ. The young Italian forward, signed from Genoa this summer, had not yet played a single minute for the club because of a thigh muscle problem.
Before the setback, he had already caught the eye with Italy's Under-21 side: 45 minutes in a 1-0 win in Greece and an assist for Pio Esposito's goal. Baldini has now called him up for friendlies against France and Belgium during the international break, according to TuttoMercatoWeb, although Spalletti would have preferred to have him in Turin to regain his fitness with specific training.
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