West Ham United striker Gianluca Scamacca could be set to start against his club captain Declan Rice on Thursday night when his country Italy hosts England in Naples.
The two sides will meet in Italy in the first of eight qualifying matches for the 2024 European Championships in a repeat of the Euro 2020 final (played 12 months later following the coronavirus pandemic).
Scamacca, who has scored eight goals for the Hammers since his £30.5million arrival from Sassuolo last summer, was a surprise call up to Roberto Mancini’s side having hardly played in the last month since returning from a knee injury.
