In October 2010, new South Africa manager, Pitso Mosimane singled out Somma for special praise after impressing at Leeds United. Mosimane said; ""We have good players playing in Europe and we have other players that we haven't called up. There is a striker who is constantly scoring goals, Davide Somma. He is busy scoring and I'm monitoring that. I'm monitoring whether he can add value to our team… it is not because he plays overseas"" after mentioning a planned trip to Europe to take a closer look at some of these players.