Kostas Manolas is back in the Napoli squad to face Sassuolo tomorrow, but Kalidou Koulibaly is suspended.

It kicks off on Wednesday at 17.30 GMT, click here for a match preview.

Manolas returns from a long injury lay-off and could well be thrown straight into the starting XI, because Koulibaly sits out a ban following his red card against Benevento.

Hirving Lozano, Victor Osimhen and Andrea Petagna are still out of action.

The Disciplinary Commission has suspended Napoli defender Kalidou Koulibaly for one match and fined Benevento coach Filippo Inzaghi.

The Sporting Judge has confirmed the suspensions after Serie A Week 24, with Koulibaly out for one game after the sending off against Benevento.

Charalampos Lykogiannis from Cagliari was sent off against Crotone and will sit out the next game against Bologna.

Benevento’s Federico Barba picked up his fifth yellow and will miss the match against Hellas Verona, with Marten De Roon out when Atalanta host Crotone.

According to Tuttosport, Bayern Munich are interested in signing Kalidou Koulibaly, but the Bavarians don’t want to offer more than €45m.

The Turin-based paper reports De Laurentiis met Fali Ramadani in his offices in Rome earlier this week.

Ramadani is the agent of both Nikola Maksimovic and Kalidou Koulibaly who, according to the report, has attracted the interest of Bayern Munich.

Koulibaly had been linked with moves to Manchester City and United in the past.

Kalidou Koulibaly confesses Napoli ‘have no more excuses, our objective is the Champions League and we must do everything to get into the top four.’

The Partenopei crashed out of the Europa League with a 3-2 aggregate defeat to Granada, as today’s 2-1 win was not enough to overturn the 2-0 first leg result.

Napoli director Cristiano Giuntoli explains the new three-man defence against Granada, Victor Osimhen’s condition and shot down rumours of a Gennaro Gattuso announcement.

The Europa League Round of 32 fixture kicks off at 17.55 GMT, click here for the line-ups and LIVEBLOG.

Kalidou Koulibaly replied to a message from Lorenzo Insigne saying he’s 'coming back to help' Napoli after recovering from COVID. 

The Senegal defender has recovered from COVID and is expected to be available on Sunday when the Azzurri face Atalanta away.

Both him and Faouzi Ghoulam had tested positive for Coronavirus at the beginning of February, but they have now fully recovered.

Napoli have announced Kalidou Koulibaly and Faouzi Ghoulam have recovered from COVID.

Both defenders had tested positive for Coronavirus on February 5, just hours after their teammate Fabian Ruiz had recovered.

The Partenopei have announced on Twitter both players have now recovered from COVID.

They are likely to be available for Gennaro Gattuso in the Azzurri's next Serie A clash against Atalanta on Sunday.

After Kalidou Koulibaly and Faouzi Ghoulam tested positive for COVID-19, the other Napoli players were given the all-clear this morning to face Genoa.

It kicks off at 19.45 GMT, click here for a match preview.

The Partenopei were in another race against time to get the swabs done at midnight, because under the Italian protocol when the bubble has been breached, all players must provide a negative test on the same day of the match.

Napoli have confirmed defender Kalidou Koulibaly has tested positive for coronavirus.

Coach Gennaro Gattuso has lost another fundamental players, as the latest swab tests have revealed the Senegalese defender has COVID-19.

Koulibaly is asymptomatic but placed in isolation.

“After the swabs carried out this morning, Kalidou Koulibaly has tested positive for COVID-19,” the statement read.

“The player is asymptomatic and will observe a period of isolation at his home.”

Kalidou Koulibaly defends Gennaro Gattuso and insists Napoli must believe they are title contenders.

“We are living a strange moment, we are struggling a little bit, but we must focus on the pitch and we must do more,” the Senegal international told Radio Kiss Kiss.

“I understand fans are upset after defeats like those in Verona, but this group has extraordinary qualities and we are the first ones to be disappointed.