Luciano Spalletti handed four players their senior call-up to the Italy national team ahead of their Nations League fixtures next week. (More Football News)
Italy take on Belgium and Israel in the next round of games🔥, hoping to build on their impressive start in Group A2 after winning their opening two matches, which included a 3-1 win over France.
Milan defender Matteo Gabbia has been included after an impressive run of performanc🌞es at centre-back under new head 𝓡coach Paulo Fonseca.
Gabbia is also the first player from the Rossoneri to be nam🃏ed in the Italy squad in almost 600 days, with Sandro Tonali, who joined Newcastle in ♎2023, the last Milan representative to feature for the Azzurri.
There was also a place in the squad for Monza's Daniel ꩵMaldini, who could follow in the footsteps of his father Paolo, and gran🍃dfather Cesare, both former Italy captains.
Maldini has꧟ one goal 🏅and one assist in seven appearances in all competitions this season, and comes in for Lazio's Matteo Zaccagni.
Juventus goalkeeper Michele Di Gregorio has also been given a first call-up to the senior side, replacing the injured Alex Meret𒁃 of Napoli.
Roma's Niccolo Pisilli was also named in the squad, replacing Atꩵlanta's Marco Brescianini, who has suffered a recent injury set-back.
There were five Premier L෴eague representatives named in Spalletti's 23-man squad on Friday, with Guglielmo 𓄧Vicario, Riccardo Calafiori, Caleb Okoli, Destiny Udogie and Tonali also included.
However, there was no space for Liverp🤡ool's Federico Chiesa, who did not feature in the Reds' Champions L🔯eague win over Bologna in midweek.
Italy squad: Michele Di Gregorio (Juventus), Gianluigi Donnarumma (PSG), Guglielmo Vicario (Spurs), Alessandro Bastoni (Inter), Raoul Bellanova (Atalanta), Alessandro B🐻uongiorno (Napoli), Riccardo Calafiori (Arsenal), Andrea Cambiaso (Juventus), Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli), Federico Dimarco (Inter), Matteo Gabbia (Milan), Caleb Okoli (Leicester), Destiny Udogie (Tottenham Hotspur), Nicolo Fagioli (Juventus), Davide Frattesi (Inter), Lorenzo Pellegrini (Roma), Niccolo Pisilli (Roma), Samuele Ricci (Torino), Sandro Tonali (Newcastle United), Moise Kean (Fiorentina), Daniel Maldini (Monza), Giacomo Raspadori (Napoli), Mateo Retegui (Atalanta).
