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Argentina rumored eleven, Lionel Messi, Emiliano Martinez to start

Lionel Scaloni appears to have a starting eleven in mind for the World Cup qualifying match against Ecuador with one doubt.

With most of the players arriving on Monday from Europe, Argentina national team coach Lionel Scaloni will begin training on Monday for the games against Ecuador and Bolivia this month. Per a report by TyC Sports, Scaloni has 10 players in mind with one spot remaining.

Argentina could line up with the following players with one spot up for grabs between Marcos Acuña and Paulo Dybala:

Emiliano Martínez; Gonzalo Montiel, Lucas Martínez Quarta, Nicolás Otamendi, Nicolás Tagliafico; Rodrigo De Paul, Leandro Paredes, Lucas Ocampos; Lionel Messi and Lautaro Martínez.

Should it be Marcos Acuña, it would move Lucas Ocampos further up the pitch on the wing. If it’s Paulo Dybala who would get the start, he would play up front with Lionel Messi and Lautaro Martinez while Ocampos would play in midfield along with De Paul and Paredes.

Players arrive at Argentina camp, Lionel Messi, Paulo Dybala to arrive Monday

Argentina national team coach Lionel Scaloni already has five players in the camp with everyone else expected to arrive on Monday.

With the final squad being confirmed on Sunday, Scaloni already has Esteban Andrada, Franco Armani, Gonzalo Montiel, Lucas Martínez Quarta and Eduardo Salvio at his disposal, as all five play in the local league. Per a report by TyC Sports, the rest of the players will arrive on two separate flights coming from Europe.

Lionel Messi has reportedly chartered a flight for himself along with Paulo Dybala, Marcos Acuña, Lucas Ocampos, Nicolás Otamendi and Juan Foyth. In addition, per AS, the Uruguayan Luis Suarez will also be on that flight which is expected to land at 8:00pm in Argentina.

The first flight with the rest of the Argentine players will be landing earlier, at 12:40pm on Monday.

Scaloni’s team will play Ecuador in a World Cup qualifying match on Thursday, October 10 at La Bombonera and Bolivia on October 13 in La Paz.

Argentina updated list of players for this month’s World Cup qualifiers, local league added

Argentina have released an updated list of players called-up for this month’s World Cup qualifiers.

Lionel Scaloni has released the updated squad with the local league based players included. The likes of Cristian Pavón, Agustín Marchesín, Germán Pezzella, Leonardo Balerdi, Walter Kannemann and Renzo Saravia have been cut from the team. Here’s the updated list:

Goalkeepers:
Emiliano Martínez (Aston Villa, England)
Juan Musso (Udinese, Italy)
Esteban Andrada (Boca Juniors, Argentina)
Franco Armani (River Plate, Argentina)

Defenders:
Juan Foyth (Tottenham Hotspur, England)
Nicolás Otamendi (Manchester City, England)
Nehuén Pérez (Atletico Madrid, Spain)
Nicolás Tagliafico (Ajax, Netherlands)
Marcos Acuña (Sevilla, Spain)
Facundo Medina (Lens, France)
Lucas Martínez Quarta (River Plate, Argentina)
Gonzalo Montiel (River Plate, Argentina)

Midfielders:
Rodrigo de Paul (Udinese, Italy)
Nicolás Dominguez (Bologna, Italy)
Alejandro Gómez (Atalanta, Italy)
Giovani Lo Celso (Tottenham Hotspur, England)
Alexis Mac Allister (Brighton & Hove Albion, England)
Exequiel Palacios (Bayer Leverkusen, Germany)
Leandro Paredes (PSG, France)
Guido Rodríguez (Real Betis, Spain)

Forwards:
Lucas Alario (Bayer Leverkusen, Germany)
Joaquin Correa (Lazio, Italy)
Paulo Dybala (Juventus, Italy)
Lautaro Martinez (Inter, Italy)
Lionel Messi (FC Barcelona, Spain)
Lucas Ocampos (Sevilla, Spain)
Eduardo Salvio (Boca Juniors, Argentina)
Giovanni Simeone (Cagliari, Italy)

Juan Foyth joins Villarreal on loan from Tottenham, option to buy

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Juan Foyth has joined Villarreal from Tottenham on a loan deal with an option to buy.

Per a report by Fabrizio Romano, the Argentine defender has joined the Spanish club. An announcement is expected with the buy option reportedly at €15 million. Still only 22 years of age, Foyth has not played many minutes since the arrival of Jose Mourinho at the club.

Foyth has been selected by Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni for this month’s World Cup qualifiers.

Cristian Pavon could miss Argentina World Cup qualifiers

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Cristian Pavon could miss Argentina’s World Cup qualifying matches later this month.

Players from the Argentina national team are expected to start landing on Monday for the two World Cup qualifying matches against Ecuador and Bolivia next week. However, Pavon might miss the games.

Several reasons could lead to the Argentine missing the games. Per a report by TyC Sports, Pavon would have to take a flight over to Madrid to take a charter flight where most of the players will be using. Some other players will be using a flight chartered by Lionel Messi.

Should Pabon take part in the matches, upon his arrival back to Los Angeles, he would have to be self isolated for 10 days and would miss matches for his club. It also looks like Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni wants Pavon in the team but would not necessarily be a starter.