Injuries Keep Hitting Juventus as Gianluigi Buffon is Ruled Out Until December

If things keep going at current pace, Juventus manager Claudio Ranieri will not be able to field a team by the time November rolls around.

Injuries woes have hit the Serie A giants once again, as goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon has been declared out until the beginning of December with an adductor muscle injury.

"The scan confirmed a second degree strain which means Buffon will not be able to do anything apart from have physiotherapy to his injury," said Juve Medical Director Riccardo Agricola on the team's official website.

With the injury, Buffon will not be able to do any type of training for about a month. According to Agricola, "Once that is finished he can return to a specific training programme two weeks later. Following that, he will be able to participate in normal training if he recovers properly."

The news comes on the same day that midfielder Mauro Camoranesi was also in the exam room. Luckily for the Bianconeri, Camoranesi will be able to return to training in about a week's time.

"Camoranesi doesn't seem to be suffering from any pain like he did against Palermo and he will be able to begin training from next week onwards," concluded Agricola.

There was a third injury of the day, this time with one of Juve's youngsters. While on duty with the Italian Under-21 team, defender Paolo De Ceglie sprained his ankle. It is still to be determined how long the 22-year-old left back will be out for.

But back to the major issue of the day, which was also discussed in the first Juventus Roundtable, Buffon is one of the players that Juve would miss the most if he was out for an extended period of time. And now, unfortunately, what was talked about is actually true.

In Buffon's absence, Austrian international Alex Manninger will assume the starting role between the pipes. In a critical time for the Turin club, Manninger's performance for the next two months will be vital in both Serie A and the Champions League.

And this is exactly why the Juve board brought in Manninger, to be a more-than adequate replacement if Buffon did get hurt.