Initially left out of the Italy squad by Roberto Mancini for the current international break, West Ham United’s Emerson Palmieri will now be a part of it.
That’s because Federico Dimarco, who was called up and expected to be in contention for a start, has had to drop out due to an injury.
Calciomercato are the ones relaying the news on Monday, who explain the latest news regarding the Inter Milan star is ‘another forfeit’ for the Italy manager, but one man’s misery is another’s is another man’s fortune, with the West Ham left-back set to benefit from it.
They state Mancini ‘has chosen to call up’ the Hammers defender to replace Dimarco, and it’s expected that he will reach Coverciano, where the group at gathering ‘late today’, meaning Monday.
After many years of struggle at Chelsea and a loan at Lyon, Emerson was sold to West Ham in the summer for €15.4m.
While he wasn’t initially a guaranteed starter for David Moyes, that has changed of late, with the player starting the six of the past seven games for West Ham, during which he managed to score one goal, against his former side.
