On Friday, Italy's first national football team head coach Luciano Spalletti announced the names of his 23-man list for the first two fixtures at the 2024 UEFA Nations League against France and Israel.
The two games will respectively take place on Friday 6 September at the Parc des Princes in Paris and Monday 9 September at the Bozsik Arena in Budapest.
The are some new names on the list who didn't participate in Italy's disappointing 2024 Euro campaign like Leicester defender Caleb Okoli, and Atalanta midfielder Marco Brescianini.
Sandro Tonali, Moise Kean also returned to Italy national team list.
On Sunday, the Azzurri will organize their first gathering at the Coverciano Technical Centre.
The full squad of Italy for the UEFA Nations League fixtures are:
Goalkeepers: Gianluigi Donnarumma (Paris Saint-Germain), Alex Meret (Napoli), Guglielmo Vicario (Tottenham);
Defenders: Alessandro Bastoni (Inter), Raoul Bellanova (Atalanta), Alessandro Buongiorno (Napoli), Riccardo Calafiori (Arsenal), Andrea Cambiaso (Juventus), Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli), Federico Dimarco (Inter), Federico Gatti (Juventus), Caleb Okoli (Leicester), Destiny Udogie (Tottenham);
Midfielders: Marco Brescianini (Atalanta), Nicolò Fagioli (Juventus), Davide Frattesi (Inter), Lorenzo Pellegrini (Roma), Samuele Ricci (Torino), Sandro Tonali (Newcastle);
Forwards: Moise Kean (Fiorentina), Giacomo Raspadori (Napoli), Mateo Retegui (Atalanta), Mattia Zaccagni (Lazio).
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