Defending champions Italy announce squad for Euro 2024; Manuel Locatelli, Ciro Motionless miss out – India TV

Italy introduced a provisional squad for the Euro 2024 Championship with some main modifications on Thursday, Could 23. The defending champions will kick off their title defence with out star footballers Manuel Locatelli and Ciro Motionless.

Supervisor Luciano Spalletti named a 30-member provisional squad for the mega event in Germany beginning on June 15. Juventus midfielder Nicolo Fagioli was a shock choose within the crew after simply coming back from a seven-month ban for betting violations.

Fagioli, 23, was banned after being discovered responsible of unlawful betting earlier this season. The midfielder made his solely look for the nationwide crew in November 2024 in a pleasant match towards Albania. Solely three gamers from Juventus, together with Fagioli, make Spalletti’s crew.

Bologna’s rising defender Riccardo Calafiori known as up for nationwide duties for the primary time after because the membership mounts a top-four end with a sport in hand. His teammate Riccardo Orsolini is the one second Bologna participant chosen for Euro 2024.

As anticipated, Serie A champions Inter Milan boasts the best variety of six gamers. PSG’s star goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma, who received the Participant of the Event at Euro 2020, is amongst 4 goalkeeping choices in Spalletti’s provisional crew.

Italy’s provisional squad for Euro 2024:

Goalkeepers: Gianluigi Donnarumma (Paris Saint-Germain), Alex Meret (Napoli), Ivan Provedel (Lazio), Guglielmo Vicario (Tottenham).

Defenders: Francesco Acerbi (Inter Milan), Alessandro Bastoni (Inter Milan), Raoul Bellanova (Torino), Alessandro Buongiorno (Torino), Riccardo Calafiori (Bologna), Andrea Cambiaso (Juventus), Matteo Darmian (Inter Milan), Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli), Federico Dimarco (Inter Milan), Gianluca Mancini (Roma), Giorgio Scalvini (Atalanta).

Midfielders: Nicolò Barella (Inter Milan), Bryan Cristante (Roma), Nicolo Fagioli (Juventus), Michael Folorunsho (Hellas Verona), Davide Frattesi (Inter Milan), Jorginho (Arsenal), Lorenzo Pellegrini (Roma), Samuele Ricci (Torino).

Forwards: Federico Chiesa (Juventus), Stephan El Shaarawy (Roma), Riccardo Orsolini (Bologna), Giacomo Raspadori (Napoli), Mateo Retegui (Genoa), Gianluca Scamacca (Atalanta), Mattia Zaccagni (Lazio).