{"id":926,"date":"2026-03-30T18:41:23","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T18:41:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/926\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T18:41:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T18:41:23","slug":"zaniolo-encouraged-by-gattusos-transparency-amid-italy-hopes-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/926\/","title":{"rendered":"Zaniolo encouraged by Gattuso\u2019s \u2018transparency\u2019 amid Italy hopes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nicol\u00f2 Zaniolo\u2019s\u00a0 Claudio Vigorelli admits his client hoped for an Italy call-up, but \u2018appreciates the transparency and the words of Gennaro Gattuso.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Udinese \u2018ideal\u2019 for Zaniolo<\/p>\n<p>Zaniolo\u2019s ten-goal contributions for Udinese (five goals and five assists) in 26 Serie A games this season have not been enough to earn a spot in the <a href=\"https:\/\/football-italia.net\/official-italy-squad-world-cup-play-off\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Azzurri squad;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Azzurri squad&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Azzurri squad<\/a> for the World Cup play-off.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve always been convinced that Udine would be an ideal place to help him revive his career,\u201d his agent Vigorelli told Gazzettino del Friuli via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tuttomercatoweb.com\/serie-a\/l-agente-di-zaniolo-apprezziamo-la-trasparenza-di-gattuso-e-magari-lo-chiama-in-futuro-2218358\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:TMW.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;TMW.&quot;}\" class=\"link \">TMW.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe context has granted the utmost stability and tranquillity, and that has been the result of collaboration between director Nanni and President Pozzo on a matter that was not simple. It\u2019s no coincidence that we reached an agreement on the very final day. Nicol\u00f2 strongly wanted this move, and he was right.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Italy coach Gattuso has admitted that Zaniolo deserved an Italy call-up, but ultimately <a href=\"https:\/\/football-italia.net\/italy-world-cup-play-off-gattuso-presser-live\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:chose to rely on the team\u2019s established core.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;chose to rely on the team\u2019s established core.&quot;}\" class=\"link \">chose to rely on the team\u2019s established core.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/c721cebfb917bf79939d537f839641c4.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>TURIN, ITALY \u2013 OCTOBER 29: Nicolo Zaniolo of Udinese Calcio celebrates a goal during the Serie A match between Juventus FC and Udinese Calcio at on October 29, 2025 in Turin, Italy. (Photo by Valerio Pennicino\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s useless to deny that he hoped for it [a call-up]; the national team is an objective for all footballers,\u201d concluded Vigorelli.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve accepted it, but it doesn\u2019t mean he won\u2019t get a call-up sooner or later. We appreciate the transparency and the words of Gattuso; in the future, we\u2019ll see.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nicol\u00f2 Zaniolo\u2019s\u00a0 Claudio Vigorelli admits his client hoped for an Italy call-up, but \u2018appreciates the transparency and the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":927,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[771,5,846,239,844,845,178,843],"class_list":{"0":"post-926","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-italy","8":"tag-gattuso","9":"tag-italy","10":"tag-juventus-fc","11":"tag-serie-a","12":"tag-transparency","13":"tag-turin","14":"tag-udinese","15":"tag-zaniolo"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=926"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/926\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}