Lionel Messi has landed in Argentina as the entire team is now at the training camp.

Messi was part of the last batch of players to arrive as coach Lionel Scaloni now has all of his players at his disposal. Messi arrived on Tuesday morning with Emiliano Martínez, Lautaro Martínez and Lucas Beltrán.

The Argentina national team start their 2026 World Cup qualifiers on Thursday with a match against Ecuador. The reigning World Cup winners will train on Tuesday at 4:30 pm local time.

Scaloni has called up the following players for the World Cup qualifiers:

Goalkeepers:
Emiliano Martínez (Aston Villa)
Juan Musso (Udinese)
Walter Benítez (PSV)
Franco Armani (River Plate)

Defenders:
Nahuel Molina (Atletico Madrid)
Germán Pezzella (Real Betis)
Gonzalo Montiel (Nottingham Forest)
Juan Foyth (Villarreal)
Marcos Senesi (Bournemouth)
Lisandro Martínez (Manchester United)
Cristian Romero (Tottenham Hotspur)
Nicolás Tagliafico (Lyon)
Nicolás Otamendi (Benfica)
Facundo Medina (Lens)

Midfielders:
Leandro Paredes (AS Roma)
Rodrigo De Paul (Atletico Madrid)
Guido Rodríguez (Real Betis)
Facundo Buonanotte (Brighton)
Enzo Fernández (Chelsea)
Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool)
Exequiel Palacios (Bayer Leverkusen)
Thiago Almada (Atlanta United)

Forwards:
Nicolás González (Fiorentina)
Lautaro Martínez (Inter)
Ángel Correa (Atletico Madrid)
Julián Álvarez (Manchester City)
Alejandro Garnacho (Manchester United)
Ángel Di María (Benfica)
Lionel Messi (Inter Miami)
Lucas Beltrán (Fiorentina)

Argentina national team players haves tarted to arrive for the World Cup qualifiers as training will start on Monday.

Several players of the Argentina national team began arriving on Sunday with the majority on Monday as the team will begin training for their World Cup qualifying match against Ecuador on Thursday. Enzo Fernandez was the first to arrive with Julian Alvarez following him.

On Monday, Rodrigo De Paul, Ángel Correa, Alexis Mac Allister, Cuti Romero, Lisandro Martínez, Gonzalo Montiel, Alejandro Garnacho and Facundo Buonanotte also arrived.

The Argentina national team will train at 4:30 pm local time on Monday. According to Gustavo Yarroch, everyone will be training except for Lionel Messi, Lautaro Martínez, Dibu Martínez, Nicolás González, Lucas Beltrán and Nicolás Tagliafico as they will be arriving later tonight or tomorrow.

Lionel Scaloni’s team will play their first World Cup qualifying match on Thursday against Ecuador and will play a second match on September 12 against Bolivia.

Facundo Medina has been called up to the Argentina national team.

Medina is in the team for the September World Cup qualifying matches. The AFA made the announcement on Sunday.

The 24 year old defender was previously part of the team for the June friendly matches where he played against Indonesia. Lisandro Martínez was substituted out with what appeared to be an injury for Manchester United and this could possibly be seen as an emergency called up by Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni.

Argentina play two matches in September, the first on September 9 against Ecuador and the second on September 12 against Bolivia. Here is the list of players that have been called up for the matches:

Goalkeepers:
Emiliano Martínez (Aston Villa)
Juan Musso (Udinese)
Walter Benítez (PSV)
Franco Armani (River Plate)

Defenders:
Nahuel Molina (Atletico Madrid)
Germán Pezzella (Real Betis)
Gonzalo Montiel (Nottingham Forest)
Juan Foyth (Villarreal)
Marcos Senesi (Bournemouth)
Lisandro Martínez (Manchester United)
Cristian Romero (Tottenham Hotspur)
Nicolás Tagliafico (Lyon)
Nicolás Otamendi (Benfica)
Lucas Esquivel (Athletico Paranaense, U23 team)

Midfielders:
Leandro Paredes (AS Roma)
Rodrigo De Paul (Atletico Madrid)
Guido Rodríguez (Real Betis)
Facundo Buonanotte (Brighton)
Enzo Fernández (Chelsea)
Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool)
Exequiel Palacios (Bayer Leverkusen)
Bruno Zapelli (Athletico Paranaense, U23 team)
Thiago Almada (Atlanta United)

Forwards:
Nicolás González (Fiorentina)
Lautaro Martínez (Inter)
Ángel Correa (Atletico Madrid)
Julián Álvarez (Manchester City)
Alejandro Garnacho (Manchester United)
Ángel Di María (Benfica)
Lionel Messi (Inter Miami)
Alan Velasco (FC Dallas, U23 team)
Lucas Beltrán (Fiorentina)