Spaletti names 27-man Italy squad for Malta and England qualifiers 

Luciano Spalletti has named his second squad as CT of the Italy nationwide group, with vital EURO 2024 qualifiers towards Malta and England arising within the subsequent worldwide break. 

There are few main surprises amongst Spalletti’s picks, preserving an analogous core of gamers from his first squad that beat Ukraine 2-1 and drew 11-1 with North Macedonia in September. 

There’s a first call-up for Tottenham left-back and former Udinese expertise Future Udogie, who has impressed throughout his first few video games within the Premier League. 

The Azzurri will face Malta on the Stadio San Nicola in Bari at 19.45 UK time on Saturday, October 14, earlier than travelling to London to play England at Wembley on the identical time on Tuesday, October 17. 

Italy squad

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

Defenders: Francesco Acerbi (Inter), Alessandro Bastoni (Inter), Cristiano Biraghi (Fiorentina), Matteo Darmian (Inter), Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli), Federico Dimarco (Inter), Federico Gatti (Juventus), Gianluca Mancini (Roma), Giorgio Scalvini (Atalanta), Future Udogie (Tottenham).

Midfielders: Nicolo Barella (Inter), Giacomo Bonaventura (Fiorentina), Bryan Cristante (Roma), Davide Frattesi (Inter), Manuel Locatelli (Juventus), Sandro Tonali (Newcastle). 

Forwards: Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo), Federico Chiesa (Juventus), Moise Kean (Juventus), Giacomo Raspadori (Napoli), Gianluca Scamacca (Atalanta), Mattia Zaccagni (Lazio), Nicolo Zaniolo (Aston Villa).