Injured Kean ruled out of Vanoli’s Fiorentina debut

There is bad news for Fiorentina coach Paolo Vanoli on his debut, as top scorer Moise Kean is out of the squad to face Genoa with an injury.

It kicks off at the Stadio Luigi Ferraris on Sunday at 14.00 GMT.

This will be the first match under new coach Vanoli, after Stefano Pioli was sacked on Tuesday, and caretaker manager Daniele Galloppa was in charge for Thursday’s 2-1 Conference League defeat to Mainz 05.

Kean had been a substitute during that European tie, but he still managed to sustain an injury, as he has been diagnosed with a bruised left tibia.

It is bad enough for the Italy international to be ruled out of the trip to Genoa, along with Robin Gosens, Tariq Lamptey and Christian Kouame.

That leaves Fiorentina with limited options, so they are expected to use either Roberto Piccoli or Edin Dzeko upfront, most likely partnered by ex-Genoa man Albert Gudmundsson.

At least defender Mattia Viti returns from suspension.

Fiorentina squad for Genoa: Comuzzo, De Gea, Dodo, Fagioli, Dzeko, Fazzini, Fortini, Gudmundsson, Kospo, Kouadio, Lezzerini, Mandragora, Mari, Martinelli, Nicolussi Caviglia, Ndour, Parisi, Piccoli, Pongracic, Ranieri, Richardson, Sohm, Viti