The Socceroos coach jetted to Italy three weeks back to outline his national team plans to Volpato in person, the pair in deep discussion for over an hour after Serie A Sassuolo’s 4-2 home victory over Juventus at the Mapei Stadium.
The former Western Sydney Wanderers junior, who joined ninth-placed Sassuolo for $11.5 million from Roma in June, didn’t play on that occasion, and has only featured once so far this season – a 12-minute cameo in a 2-0 loss to Atalanta back in August.
However, sources close to the player claim he and Arnold got on famously and the paperwork to confirm Volpato’s switch from Italy U-19s, for whom he has four caps and two goals, is already in train.
Arnold foreshadowed Sydney-born Volpato’s embrace of the green and gold in…
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