May 26 (Reuters) - Reigning ⁠MotoGP champion Marc Marquez is set to ⁠return for the Italian Grand Prix this ‌weekend, his team Ducati said on Tuesday, following two surgeries after his crash at Le Mans earlier this month.

Marquez missed ​the French Grand Prix race as ⁠well as the ⁠Catalan Grand Prix weekend after fracturing his foot in ⁠a ‌nasty highside crash in the sprint at Le Mans.

The 33-year-old had surgery on ⁠a metatarsal fracture as well as a ​separate shoulder ‌operation, which was originally scheduled for after his ⁠home Catalan ​Grand Prix.

"Following a positive medical check, Marc will travel to Mugello tomorrow," Ducati said in a statement.

"He ⁠is scheduled for a final ​trackside assessment on Thursday to secure the 'fit to race' clearance for the Italian Grand Prix."

Ducati's Italian test ⁠rider Michele Pirro will replace Marquez's brother Alex on the Gresini Racing bike after the Spaniard suffered a horror crash at the Catalan Grand Prix.

Alex ​will miss the Grands Prix ⁠in Italy and Hungary after suffering a marginal ​fracture in a vertebra near ‌his neck, along with a ​fracture to his right collarbone.

(Reporting by Rohith Nair in Bengaluru; Editing by Ken Ferris)