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Just in case the whole depth crunch wasn?t a big enough issue, we get another bit of bad news heading into a big weekend at the Allianz Stadium. When it rains, it pours. And for Juventus manager Max Allegri, that means another midfielder has picked up an injury and looks set to miss a couple of weeks at the very minimum.
Juventus announced Thursday that January signing Carlos Alcaraz, who is fresh off his first career start for the club over the weekend largely because of the injury situation in midfield, is now himself going to be sidelined until late March because of a hamstring injury in his right leg he picked up in training on Wednesday. Considering the fact that Alcaraz will be out at least two weeks before he is re-evaluated, he could very well end up being out of action until April ? something that is very much not ideal considering the current shape of Juventus? midfield is. The official wording of the situation, courtesy of Juventus? press office:

Carlos Alcaraz suffered a muscular problem in his right hamstring during Wednesday?s training session. This Thursday morning he underwent medical tests at J|Medical, which revealed an injury.
He will be re-evaluated in 10-15 days? time to determine the exact extent of the injury and to define the recovery time required.

So, let?s just go ahead and list the first team midfielders who we know are currently healthy:

Manuel Locatelli
Fabio Miretti
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