Overview

• Gattuso said Federico Chiesa stayed with Liverpool after a mutual decision that he was not ready to return.
• Giovanni Fabbian (Bologna), Francesco Pio Esposito (Inter) and Giovanni Leoni (Liverpool) received first call-ups for the Estonia and Israel matches.
• Italy will switch to a four-man defence under Gattuso as he makes his touchline debut on September 5 against Estonia in Bergamo, with Israel to follow in Debrecen on September 8.
• Captain Gianluigi Donnarumma was scheduled for medical tests in Florence ahead of a permanent move to Manchester City.
• Samuele Ricci, Alessandro Buongiorno and Bryan Cristante were left out of this squad but were described as part of the longer-term project.