{"id":5288,"date":"2026-09-16T22:19:50","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T22:19:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.matteocoachperformance.it\/?p=5288"},"modified":"2026-09-16T22:19:50","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T22:19:50","slug":"3-young-players-expected-to-make-mancinis-first-italy-squad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.matteocoachperformance.it\/?p=5288","title":{"rendered":"3 young players expected to make Mancini&#8217;s first Italy squad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"penci-post-entry-inner\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"penci-post-countview-number-check\" style=\"display:none\">1<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first squad of Roberto Mancini\u2019s second era as coach of the Azzurri is upon us, and while the names are not set in stone, it is confirmed that he will look to build a young core early on to build a team for the long term.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Ezoic - wp_under_page_title - under_page_title --><!-- End Ezoic - wp_under_page_title - under_page_title --><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To that end, Mancini has already ensured players from different backgrounds eligible for the national team are scooped up early and made an integral part of the new project. Some young prospects that have started the season in promising fashion are already set to be brought in right away. Here, we look at three such players.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Alessandro Romano<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Born to Swiss-Italian parents in Winterthur, Romano has represented Switzerland throughout his youth career but has made the switch to Italy for his senior international career.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Ezoic - wp_under_first_paragraph - under_first_paragraph --><!-- End Ezoic - wp_under_first_paragraph - under_first_paragraph --><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 20-year-old, a graduate of Roma\u2019s academy, in on loan at Cagliari for the season and has already become a mainstay in their midfield, having made six appearances and scored one goal. With the <em>Sardi<\/em>\u00a0having started the season in sensational fashion, he\u2019d be hard to ignore.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Alphadjo Ciss\u00e8<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 19-year-old Treviso-born Italy youth international has already impressed Milan boss Ruben Amorim and has featured in every game thus far, having scored twice in four outings as a wide No. 10 in Amorim\u2019s 3-4-2-1.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Portuguese coach believes Ciss\u00e8 is ready for the Italy call-up \u2014 high praise, given his track record with youngsters. Already part of the national setup, it\u2019s a matter of time before Ciss\u00e8 earns his first senior cap.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Ezoic - wp_under_second_paragraph - under_second_paragraph --><!-- End Ezoic - wp_under_second_paragraph - under_second_paragraph --><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Issa Doumbia<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Treviglio-born midfielder moved to Sporting in the summer from Venezia and has already become a mainstay in the Portuguese heavyweights\u2019 midfield, having made seven appearances, including one in the Champions League.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mancini has been monitoring the 22-year-old closely and recently flew out to Lisbon to watch him play in person. A senior cap for the Italy U21 international is very much on the cards.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Anshuman Joshi | GIFN<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.getfootballnewsitaly.com\/2026\/3-young-players-expected-to-make-mancinis-first-italy-squad\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1 The first squad of Roberto Mancini\u2019s second era as coach of the Azzurri is upon us, and while the names are not set in stone, it is confirmed that he will look to build a young core early on to build a team for the long term. To that end, Mancini has already ensured [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5289,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-giocatori-italiani-allestero"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.matteocoachperformance.it\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5288","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.matteocoachperformance.it\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.matteocoachperformance.it\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.matteocoachperformance.it\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.matteocoachperformance.it\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5288"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.matteocoachperformance.it\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5288\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.matteocoachperformance.it\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.matteocoachperformance.it\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.matteocoachperformance.it\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.matteocoachperformance.it\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}