Hakan Calhanoglu To Play For Starting Spot In Inter’s Serie A Clash With Roma With Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Italian Media Report | OneFootball

Inter midfielder Hakan Calhanoglu is fully fit to start this evening’s Serie A clash with Roma, and will play for a place in the starting eleven with Henrikh Mkhitaryan.

This according to today’s print edition of Rome-based newspaper Corriere dello Sport, who report that the 28-year-old is fully recovered from his thigh strain and has a good chance of playing against the Giallorossi from the start.

Calhanoglu was able to work successfully over the international break to put the thigh strain that caused him to miss Inter’s last match before the break, a 3-1 loss at the hands of Udinese, behind him.

Accordingly, the Turkish international will be no doubt to start against Roma this evening.

Nicolo Barella should start on the right of the midfield trio, and Kristjan Asllani will play in place of the injured Marcelo Brozovic at the base of midfield, whilst it looks to be between Calhanoglu and Mkhitaryan to take up the third central spot in the lineup.