But he would also love to play for one of the Serie A giants one day.

The Albion defender has been in good form on loan at Paris FC in the French league.

Regular football has helped him secure a place in the Italy squad who are tackling play-offs in a bid to reach the World Cup finals.

Speaking after a 3-2 win over Le Havre in which he helped set up a goal, Coppola said: “The Premier League is on a different level, but it’s normal that if there’s a call from the bottom of the Premier League, or at least lower-ranked teams, and Inter, I’ll choose Inter.

“Between Milan, Inter, Juve – or Man City, Liverpool, or Arsenal? I’ll choose the English teams.

“I know that Premier League experience doesn’t come every year.

“They are great teams in a very competitive league and it’s wonderful to play every game there.”

Coppola is seen as a longer-term project by the Seagulls and they will be delighted to see him getting the regular action he craved as he looked for a mid-season loan move.

The former Verona defender is not expected to start in the play-off semi-final at home to Northern Ireland this evening.

But first choice defender Alessandro Bastoni could miss out.

Azzurri boss Gennaro Gattuso said in his eve-of-match press conference that Bastoni had only done 35% of the work in training, raising doubts over the Inter centre-back’s participation in the Bergamo tussle.

Yasin Ayari is expected to start in midfield for Graham Potter’s Sweden as they face Ukraine in Valencia.

Ayari has been on the bench for Albion recently after his return from a dislocated shoulder.

Ferdi Kadioglu looks a key man for Turkey at left-back in their home tie against Romania.

The qualifying process concludes with play-off finals on Tuesday.

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