Luis Henrique Adductor Strain Adds to Inter’s Injury List Before Fiorentina

Luis Henrique Adductor Strain Adds to Inter’s Injury List Before Fiorentina Luis Henrique has become the latest name on Inter’s injury list, with the club confirming a muscle strain in his left thigh two days before the Nerazzurri host Fiorentina at San Siro. The Brazilian wide player had tests and scans at the Humanitas Institute in Rozzano on Friday morning. According to the official injury update published by Inter , the scans showed he has strained the adductor longus in his left thigh. The statement was brief and did not include a recovery timeline or a date for a fresh assessment. How long could Luis Henrique be out? Without an official timeframe, the estimates in the Italian press vary. Internews24 reported that Luis Henrique pulled up during the most recent training session and that the medical staff hope to have him back within a couple of weeks. The same outlet considers him certain to miss Sunday’s league game and a serious doubt for Inter’s next European fixture. DAZN Italia took a more cautious view, suggesting a return after the November international break is the more realistic scenario. Both are projections rather than club information, and the real picture will only become clear once Inter’s medical department reassesses the problem in the coming days. It is an unwelcome setback for the Brazilian, who was also part of the discussion after the comeback win at Bologna, where former Inter striker Nicola Ventola pointed to his loss of possession in the build up to Tommaso Pobega’s goal as an example of the individual errors Inter need to cut out, as we covered in Ventola’s assessment of Inter’s European recovery . A growing list of absentees for Chivu The timing makes the news harder to absorb. ANSA described it as yet another blow for the Nerazzurri , with captain Lautaro Martinez, Benjamin Pavard, John Stones and Curtis Jones already unavailable. Pavard has been sidelined since Inter confirmed a right thigh adductor strain earlier this month, again without a return date, as reported in our update on the Pavard injury . Stones is also ruled out, which leaves Chivu with fewer alternatives in defence, while Jones is dealing with an adductor problem of his own in midfield. In attack, the absence of Lautaro remains the most significant. According to Fiorentinanews , Chivu is weighing up whether to pair Marcus Thuram with Ange-Yoan Bonny or Francesco Pio Esposito up front. What it means for Inter Inter trained at Appiano Gentile on Friday morning as preparations continued for Sunday’s match against Fiorentina, which kicks off at 12:30 CET at San Siro. The squad goes into the weekend on the back of a 1-0 Champions League win over Shakhtar Donetsk, secured by Carlos Augusto despite playing with ten men, and still unbeaten in Serie A. With Luis Henrique now out of contention, Cristian Chivu has one fewer wide option to rotate during a busy run of league and European fixtures. How quickly the Brazilian responds to treatment will determine whether this is a short interruption or an absence that stretches towards the international break.