By Valentina Za, Giuseppe Fonte and Pamela Barbaglia MILAN (Reuters) – Italy expects to cap Monte dei Paschi’s cash needs at around 2.5 billion euros ($2.6 billion) as it negotiates with European Union authorities a new strategic plan for the state-owned bank that will be unveiled next month, four sources said. MPS had set its proposed capital raising at 2.5 billion euros under a previous plan which is currently being reviewed by Chief Executive Luigi Lovaglio, who was handed the helm in February by the Italian Treasury. Although MPS has warned that economic shockwaves from Russia’s invasion o…