Italy announce provisional squad for EURO 2024

By Emre Asikci

ISTANBUL (AA) - Italy revealed its initial 30-man squad for EURO 2024 on Thursday, ahead of the forthcoming European Championship.

Ciro Immobile, Manuel Locatelli and Marco Verratti were not called up to the national team by manager Luciano Spalletti.

Under the helm of Spalletti, Italy will open their European Championship campaign against Albania on June 15 before facing Spain and Croatia in Group B.

The Italian national team lifted the EURO 2020 trophy for the second time after beating England 3 - 2 on penalties.

The full squad list includes:

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)