Arsenal midfielder, Vicario in Italy’s provisional Euros squad

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Arsenal midfielder Jorginho and Tottenham goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario have been included in Italy’s provisional 30-man squad for Euro 2024.

Juventus midfielder Manuel Locatelli, Lazio striker Ciro Immobile, and Marco Verratti, who joined Qatari side Al-Arabi from Paris St-Germain last September, have all been left out.

Italy coach Luciano Spalletti has not called up Verratti since taking over from Roberto Mancini in August 2023.

Italy are the defending champions, having beaten England in the final of the previous tournament under Mancini, although they failed to qualify for the 2022 World Cup.

Spalletti has also named Nicolo Fagioli in his initial squad, with the Juventus midfielder only recently returning to action following a seven-month ban for breaching betting rules.

Striker Gianluca Scamacca, who was dropped for Italy’s friendlies in March against Venezuela and Ecuador, has also been selected after winning the Europa League with Atalanta on Wednesday.

The deadline for submitting final squads of up to 26 players for the tournament in Germany is midnight on June 7.

Italy will play Turkey and Bosnia-Herzegovina in friendlies before starting their Euro 2024 campaign against Albania on June 15, in a group that also includes Spain and Croatia.

Italy’s provisional squad

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: Nicolo Barella (Inter Milan), Bryan Cristante (Roma), Nicolo Fagioli (Juventus), Michael Folorunsho (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)