Juventus striker Vincenzo Iaquinta has been ruled out for around a month with a thigh injury, the Serie A club have confirmed.
The 30-year-old has felt a pain in his left leg since Italy's last World Cup match and underwent tests when he reported back to the club following the summer holidays.
The tests revealed "the presence of a muscular lesion which has not yet healed on the femoral biceps of the left thigh".
The club are confident Iaquinta will be back in time for the start of the Serie A season, which kicks off on August 29.
Juventus' campaign last year was blighted by injuries and Iaquinta himself was sidelined for six months following knee surgery on the same leg in October.