Lukaku Out of Belgium Game Against Turkiye

Former Napoli striker Romelu Lukaku will miss Belgium’s Nations League match against Turkiye and may not recover in time to play Italy in the final game.

Three teams are competing for two qualifying spots in Nations League Group A. France leads with 10 points, Italy has seven, and Belgium has six.

In the final rounds, Italy will play France, Turkiye will face Belgium on Thursday, then Belgium will take on Italy, and France will play Turkiye on Sunday evening.

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Belgium’s national team announced yesterday that Lukaku will not travel to Turkiye because of a hip injury. He will stay in Brussels to continue his treatment.

The medical staff said they are “doing everything possible to have him fit for Sunday,” in a social media statement. However, he is still a major doubt for the Italy game this weekend.

A final decision about Lukaku will be made on Friday, but Belgium will not call up another player to strengthen their attack.

This would be a big setback, since the centre-forward is Belgium’s all-time top scorer with 94 goals in 135 senior appearances.

After playing in Serie A with Inter, Roma, and most recently Napoli, Lukaku was sold to Fenerbahce in August.