Ranieri retains Dybala, Hummels as substitute.

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Paulo Dybala and Mats Hummels are set to feature in Claudio Ranieri first Roma game at Napoli on Sunday but are likely to be substitutes.

Ranieri, who is back in charge of Roma for a third spell, will kick off his campaign with a trip to Napoli at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona on Sunday, with Dybala and Hummels joining him in the first team on the trip to Naples.

Ranieri’s team has doubts about whether he will be able to use Dybala and Hummels because they have to wait for their fitness tests. However, both of them will join the team to visit Napoli. Only Alexis Saelemaekers and Mario Hermoso are missing due to injuries. They definitely cannot help the team.

Dybala and Hummels were major injury doubts, but they are in the squad travelling to Naples and should be on the bench.

However, Saelemaekers and Hermoso are still dealing with fitness issues and remain at Trigoria.

For Roma, 2024 has been a tumultuous one, with Jose Mourinho sacked in January, Daniele De Rossi then sacked at the start of the 2024-25 season in September, and his replacement, Ivan Juric, having been in charge for less than two months.

Ranieri’s first three games in charge of ยูฟ่าเบท the Giallorossi were tough. After visiting Napoli. He had to play Tottenham Hotspur in the Europa League, then a home Serie A game against Atalanta.