Overview
- Speaking to Sky Sport Italia before Club Brugge’s Champions League match, the 21-year-old said his “phone is on” for Italy coach Gennaro Gattuso while stressing he currently plays for Germany’s U21s.
- Tresoldi has 18 caps and nine goals for Germany’s U21 side, including a September hat-trick in European qualifying under coach Antonio di Salvo.
- Nagelsmann did not include the striker in the senior squad named for Germany’s October World Cup qualifiers, keeping a potential switch open until any A-team appearance.
- Born in Cagliari to an Italian father and Argentine mother and naturalized in Germany at 18, Tresoldi remains eligible for Italy and Argentina as well as Germany.
- Since moving from Hannover 96 to Club Brugge in the summer, he has made an immediate impact with goals and assists, including on his Champions League debut.