Twelve Giallorossi stars called up for international duty

Daniele De Rossi and Stephan El Shaarawy are in the Italy squad for the Azzurri's friendly against Uruguay in Nice on Wednesday 7 June and World Cup qualifying match against Liechtenstein in Udine on Sunday 11 June.

The Netherlands have a double-header lined up in Rotterdam: Kevin Strootman's side start off with a friendly against Ivory Coast on 4 June before looking to revive their hopes of qualifying for next summer's tournament when Luxembourg visit on 9 June. The Dutch are currently playing catch-up in Group A, with France, Sweden and Bulgaria all ahead of them.

Two Giallorossi players could go head to head in a big Group H fixture as Edin Dzeko's Bosnia, currently in third place, host Kostas Manolas' Greece, a point ahead in second. The match will be played in Zenica on Friday 9 June.

Meanwhile Group H leaders Belgium, with Radja Nainggolan and Thomas Vermaelen in their ranks, will be hoping to put daylight between themselves and at least one of their closest rivals when they travel to Tallinn to play Estonia on the same day.

Elsewhere Antonio Rudiger's Germany are due to warm up with a friendly against Denmark on 6 June before welcoming San Marino to Nuremberg for a Group C encounter four days later.

And Poland will seek to consolidate their six-point lead at the top of Group E when Romania visit Warsaw on 10 June - Wojciech Szczesny is in the squad for that one.

Outside of Europe, Mohamed Salah's Egypt have a friendly match lined up against Libya, while Leandro Paredes and Federico Fazio are off to Australia with Argentina for an exhibition match against Brazil before visiting Singapore, where they will be taking on the host nation.