Italian striker Ciro Immobile on Saturday  ruled himself out of next week’s Nations League finals due to a thigh injury.

Immobile, the leading scorer in Serie A this season, suffered the injury in Lazio’s 2-0 Europa League victory over Lokomotiv Moscow on Thursday.

He will also miss Lazio’s Serie A game on Sunday.

“Sorry for not being able to be in the  match against Bologna and sorry for not being able to respond to coach Roberto Mancini’s call for the Nations League finals,” the 31-year-old wrote on Instagram.

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