Honest Ahanor has left the senior Italy camp and will join up with the Under-21 squad in the coming hours. Silvio Baldini’s side returned overnight to the Olympic Preparation Centre in Tirrenia after yesterday’s win over Armenia and will face Poland in Pescara on Monday in a decisive match for qualification for the European Under-21 Championship finals.

The Crystal Palace defender did not travel to Paris yesterday, where Italy face France this evening in their third Nations League group match. Instead, he remained at the Federal Technical Centre in Coverciano to train alongside eight other Azzurri players.