Jorginho and Vicario in Italy’s provisional Euro squad

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

Lazio striker Ciro Immobile and midfielder Marco Verratti, who moved from Paris St-Germain to Qatari side Al-Arabi last September, are out.

Italy coach Luciano Spalletti has not named Verratti since replacing Roberto Mancini in August 2023.

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

Spalletti has also included Nicolo Fagioli in his starting line-up, with the Juventus midfielder only recently returning to action after a seven-month ban for violating betting rules.

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

The deadline for registering the final teams, of up to 26 players, for the tournament in Germany is midnight on June 7th.

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

Italy 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 (Rome), Nicolo Fagioli (Juventus), Michael Folorunsho (Verona), Davide Frattesi (Inter Milan), Jorginho (Arsenal), Lorenzo Pellegrini (Roma), Samuele Ricci (Torino)

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