Tottenham Hotspur goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario has joined up along with his Italy teammates at their coaching camp forward of the essential World Cup play-off marketing campaign that kicks off on Thursday evening, and is predicted to stick with the squad for the rest of the worldwide break, regardless of having surgical procedure firstly of this week.
Vicario meets up with Italy squad regardless of surgical procedure on Monday
Vicario was not included in Gennaro Gattuso’s listing of 28 gamers for the World Cup play-offs happening over the following week, starting with Thursday night’s semi-final at residence in opposition to Northern Eire. Ought to Italy overcome the Inexperienced and White Military, they may go on to face both Wales or Bosnia and Herzegovina away from residence on Tuesday evening (March 31) for a spot on the ultimate event.
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NOTTINGHAM, ENGLAND – DECEMBER 14: Guglielmo Vicario of Tottenham Hotspur throughout the Premier League match between Nottingham Forest and Tottenham Hotspur at Metropolis Floor on December 14, 2025 in Nottingham, England. (Photograph by Naomi Baker/Getty Pictures)
Tottenham later confirmed that the rationale behind Vicario’s absence from the Italy squad was , and that the previous Empoli stopper would have surgical procedure throughout the worldwide break to minimise the impression of his absence at membership stage.
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Vicario has been Italy’s second-choice for a lot of the previous few years, and was not anticipated to start out forward of Gianluigi Donnarumma for the essential play-off matches anyway.
Vicario had his operation on Monday and on his Instagram story that learn: “See you quickly”.
Lower than three days after his operation, Vicario is again in Italy and has joined up along with his Italy nationwide workforce colleagues in a present of assist and togetherness.
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LEIPZIG, GERMANY – JUNE 24: Mattia Zaccagni celebrates with teammates after scoring his workforce’s first objective to equalise throughout the UEFA EURO 2024 group stage match between Croatia and Italy at Soccer Stadium Leipzig on June 24, 2024 in Leipzig, Germany. (Photograph by Claudio Villa/Getty Pictures for FIGC)
In accordance with , Vicario took a personal flight over to Italy on Wednesday night and can stick with the Italy squad for the rest of the worldwide break, which for Italy, will come to an finish after Tuesday evening’s match, which can both be a play-off ultimate or a pleasant relying on the result of Thursday evening’s match in opposition to Northern Eire.
At that time, Vicario will return to London to proceed his restoration course of. Tottenham have acknowledged that they hope to have the goalkeeper again and accessible ‘inside a month’.