Tonali and Udogie return and Okoli and Brescianini are seen in blue for the first time in the list of 23 called up by Italy coach Luciano Spalletti for the first two Nations League matches against France and Israel.

The Azzurri will always play away, in Paris on 6 September at the Parc des Princes in Paris and in Budapest on Monday 9 September, and to prepare they will gather at the Federal Technical Centre in Coverciano from Sunday evening.

The list of those called up.

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).

(Online Union)

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