The Italian, at one point, gets nothing (3)
I believe the answer is:
nil
'nothing' is the definition.
(eg nil is zero in football)
'the italian at one point' is the wordplay.
'the italian' becomes 'il' ('the' in Italian).
'at' says to put letters next to each other (I've seen this in other clues).
'one point' becomes 'n' (N is an example).
'il' put after 'n' is 'NIL'.
'gets' is the link.
(Other definitions for nil that I've seen before include "Nothing found in senility" , "Nothing - in Latin" , "Zero, zilch" , "Nothing, no score" , "There's nothing left" .)