Whereas Gennaro Gattuso confirmed Italy are in talks to name up Nicolò Tresoldi and Sincere Ahanor, they’ve very completely different authorized conditions, regardless of each being born within the Peninsula.
The Azzurri wish to the long run for brand new gamers who can bolster the choices out there to teach Gattuso.
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that the Federation has been working for a while on with the ability to name up 21-year-old Membership Brugge striker Tresoldi and 17-year-old Atalanta left-back Ahanor.
Nonetheless, as a result of sophisticated Italian system, they’ve very completely different authorized positions.
Each of them have been born on Italian soil, however that alone is inadequate to acquire Italian citizenship.
Why Ahanor and Tresoldi have completely different Italian citizenship standing
ROSTOCK, GERMANY – SEPTEMBER 09: Nicolo Tresoldi of Germany scores his crew’s fourth purpose previous Nikita Parfjonovs of Latvia throughout the 2025 UEFA European Underneath-21 Championship Qualifier match between Germany U21 and Latvia U21 at Ostseestadion on September 09, 2025 in Rostock, Germany. (Picture by Stuart Franklin/Getty Photographs)
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Tresoldi remained in Italy till the age of 13 after which his household moved to Germany, the place he began taking part in soccer,
The 21-year-old’s dad and mom have Italian passports, so he could be out there to signify the Nazionale right away.
Nonetheless, Ahanor was born in Italy to Nigerian dad and mom, so regardless that his household has put ahead all the required paperwork already, he can’t be granted Italian citizenship till his 18th birthday.
That received’t be till February 2026, so
NAPLES, ITALY – MAY 11: Sincere Ahanor of Genoa celebrates after scoring his aspect first goalduring the Serie A match between Napoli and Genoa at Stadio Diego Armando Maradona on Might 11, 2025 in Naples, Italy. (Picture by Francesco Pecoraro/Getty Photographs)
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Nigeria may spot a spot and name Ahanor up earlier than that date, due to this fact blocking him from representing the Azzurri.
It’s a comparable drawback to the one skilled by Mario Balotelli, who was born in Italy and adopted by an Italian household on the age of two, however couldn’t signify the Nazionale till his 18th birthday.