Stankovic leaves Serbia camp and returns to Inter with adductor injury

Aleksandar Stankovic is the latest Inter player to withdraw from their national team camp with an injury issue, as the Serbian FA has confirmed that he has withdrawn after picking up an adductor injury while in training on Monday.

Stankovic was one of five Serie A players originally called up to the Serbia national team squad last week, along with his brother Filip, Napoli goalkeeper Vanja Milinkovic-Savic, Atalanta midfielder Lazar Samardzic and Milan defender Strahinja Pavlovic, who has also withdrawn through injury.

The Serbian FA has confirmed in a statement on Tuesday that Stankovic has withdrawn from the squad and that he will not be with the team for their upcoming Nations League matches against Germany and Greece.

The Inter midfielder trained with the Serbia squad on Monday, but reported pain in his right groin and has since reported for medical tests, which have revealed a muscular injury in his right thigh.

Stankovic will return to Milan for further treatment with Inter.

Fellow Nerazzurri internationals Ange-Yoan Bonny and Marcus Thuram have also withdrawn from the Ivory Coast and France squads respectively with injury complaints over the last two days. Bonny is reportedly set to miss around a month’s worth of action.