Three 2001 births have been included in a 35-man Italy squad for a two-day training camp, starting on Monday.
Italy CT Roberto Mancini will use the opportunity to assess some of the country’s most promising young talent before their Euro 2020 qualifiers in June.
The three players born in 2001 are Juventus defender Paolo Iweru Gozzi, Roma midfielder Alessio Riccardi and Inter striker Eddy Salcedo.
There are also call-ups for Empoli right-back Giovanni Di Lorenzo and SPAL attacker Mattia Valoti, both born in 1993.
Three 2001 births have been included in a 35-man Italy squad for a two-day training camp, starting on Monday.
Italy CT Roberto Mancini will use the opportunity to assess some of the country’s most promising young talent before their Euro 2020 qualifiers in June.
The three players born in 2001 are Juventus defender Paolo Iweru Gozzi, Roma midfielder Alessio Riccardi and Inter striker Eddy Salcedo.
There are also call-ups for Empoli right-back Giovanni Di Lorenzo and SPAL attacker Mattia Valoti, both born in 1993.
Familar names include Napoli goalkeeper Alex Meret, Milan trio Mattia Caldara, Andrea Conti and Patrick Cutrone [pictured], plus Roma midfielder Nicolo Zaniolo.
The camp will be held between Monday and Tuesday next week but does not involve any players due to take part in Atalanta–Udinese and Fiorentina–Sassuolo.
Italy squad for training camp
Goalkeepers: Emil Audero (Sampdoria), Marco Carnesecchi (Atalanta), Alex Meret (Napoli), Alessandro Plizzari (Milan)
Defenders: Alessandro Bastoni (Parma), Raoul Bellanova (Milan), Davide Biraschi (Genoa), Kevin Bonifazi (SPAL), Mattia Caldara (Milan), Andrea Conti (Milan), Federico Dimarco (Parma), Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Empoli), Paolo Iweru Gozzi (Juventus), Sebastiano Luperto (Napoli), Nicola Murru (Sampdoria), Luca Pellegrini (Cagliari), Giuseppe Pezzella (Genoa), Filippo Romagna (Cagliari), Francesco Vicari (SPAL)
Midfielders: Francesco Cassata (Frosinone), Danilo Cataldi (Lazio), Alessandro Murgia (SPAL), Hans Nicolussi Caviglia (Juventus), Manolo Portanova (Juventus), Alessio Riccardi (Roma), Mattia Valoti (SPAL), Emanuel Vignato (Chievo), Nicolò Zaniolo (Roma)
Forwards: Patrick Cutrone (Milan), Simone Edera (Bologna), Riccardo Orsolini (Bologna), Andrea Pinamonti (Frosinone); Vittorio Parigini (Torino), Andrea Petagna (SPAL), Eddy Salcedo (Inter)