Roma's Daniele De Rossi: Doubtful Saturday with back injury

De Rossi is doubtful to face Empoli on Saturday with a back injury, coach Lucciano Spalletti confirmed.

Analysis:

De Rossi picked up the ailment during international duty and while final decision is still to be made, he's considered highly unlikely to line up for the match. Kevin Strootman is also out with suspension. Leandro Paredes will most likely get one of the spots in the middle of the park with Clement Grenier racing time to recover from an injury of his own for the other spot.