Seriously proved to be the injury to Romelo her Napoliduring the recent (14.08.2025) friendly match with Olympiacos (2-1).
According to Napoli’s briefing, “Loukakou suffered a serious thigh injury, which will need surgery”, while the media in Italy reported that the Belgian striker may be out of action for at least 3 months (up to 4-5 months)!
Examinations at the “Grande Pinema” nomination revealed that the 32 -year -old, who scored 14 goals with Napoli winning Serie A last season, has “a serious injury, a high degree of damage to the right thigh muscle in the left thigh”.
Loukakou “has already begun the rehabilitation and will also undergo surgery,” Napoli added in the statement, which is expected to go on the market and move to acquire an striker.
However, at the moment, there are two “roads” to the Belgian aggressive. Conservative treatment or surgery, according to the Italian newspaper “Gazzetta dello Sport”.
However, conservative treatment, seemingly less drastic, puts a disadvantage: it takes time to bring it into effect and does not guarantee the complete solving of the problem. That is, it does not completely exclude the need for surgery on a later date, resulting in further delay.
That is why, while surgery would result in 4-5 months out of action (Loukakou would have returned virtually no earlier than January 2026), the selection of conservative treatment could mean 2 to 7 months out of action, if the Belgian striker will need to do so. The World Cup in America).