Italy Under-21 manager Luigi Di Biagio has hinted that Moise Kean was dropped for Saturday night’s victory against Belgium for disciplinary reasons.
The Juventus striker was expected to start in the Italian’s crunch match in Reggio Emilia, but was surprisingly left on the bench, with Di Biagio instead opting to start Lorenzo Pellegrini, Federico Chiesa and Patrick Cutrone as a front three.
Kean’s shock exclusion from the starting line-up was rumoured to be due to his late arrival at a team meeting and, when asked by the assembled media after the game, Di Biagio implied that the youngster was indeed dropped as a result of his off-the-field behaviour.