Per a report by Fox Sports, Argentina coach Jorge SAMPAOLI has already decided on his 23 players for the World Cup.

With the provisional list of 35 being released on Monday, Fox Sports are stating that the final list of 23 is already known because the AFA have already put up the names of the players on the doors of the training ground. Following the report, here are the players that will reportedly miss out on Argentina’s World Cup squad and be reserves:

Goalkeeper:
Nahuel GUZMAN

Defenders:
Ramiro FUNES MORI
German PEZZELLA
Cristian ANSALDI

Midfielders:
Leandro PAREDES
Enzo PEREZ
Pablo PEREZ
Rodrigo BATTAGLIA
Maxi MEZA

Forwards:
Diego PEROTTI
Mauro ICARDI
Lautaro MARTINEZ

The final list will be announced next Monday. If this turns out to be true, it would mean the final squad of 23 players would look like this:

Goalkeepers:

Sergio ROMERO (Manchester United, 31 years old)
Wilfredo CABALLERO (Chelsea, 36 years old)
Franco ARMANI (River Plate, 31 years old)

Defenders:

Eduardo SALVIO (Benfica, 27 years old)
Gabriel MERCADO (Sevilla, 31 years old)
Nicolas OTAMENDI (Manchester City, 30 years old)
Javier MASCHERANO (Heibei Fortune, 33 years old)
Federico FAZIO (AS Roma, 31 years old)
Marcos ROJO (Manchester United, 28 years old)
Nicolas TAGLIAFICO (Ajax, 25 years old)
Marcos ACUNA (Sporting Lisbon, 26 years old)

Midfielders:

Manuel LANZINI (West Ham United, 25 years old)
Ricardo CENTURION (Racing Club, 25 years old)
Lucas BIGLIA (AC Milan, 32 years old)
Guido PIZARRO (Sevilla, 28 years old)
Ever BANEGA (Sevilla, 29 years old)
Giovani LO CELSO (PSG, 22 years old)
Angel DI MARIA (PSG, 30 years old)
Cristian PAVON (Boca Juniors, 22 years old)

Forwards:

Paulo DYBALA (Juventus, 24 years old)
Lionel MESSI (FC Barcelona, 30 years old)
Sergio AGUERO (Manchester City, 29 years old)
Gonzalo HIGUAIN (Juventus, 30 years old)

The preliminary list of 35 players has been announced and there aren’t many surprises.

The AFA have released the list of 35 with Mauro ICARDI, Ricardo CENTURION and German PEZZELLA all in. Here’s the list.

Goalkeepers:

Sergio ROMERO (Manchester United, 31 years old)
Wilfredo CABALLERO (Chelsea, 36 years old)
Nahuel GUZMAN (Tigres, 32 years old)
Franco ARMANI (River Plate, 31 years old)

Defenders:

Eduardo SALVIO (Benfica, 27 years old)
Gabriel MERCADO (Sevilla, 31 years old)
Nicolas OTAMENDI (Manchester City, 30 years old)
Javier MASCHERANO (Heibei Fortune, 33 years old)
German PEZZELLA (Fiorentina, 26 years old)
Federico FAZIO (AS Roma, 31 years old)
Marcos ROJO (Manchester United, 28 years old)
Nicolas TAGLIAFICO (Ajax, 25 years old)
Ramiro FUNES MORI (Everton, 27 years old)
Marcos ACUNA (Sporting Lisbon, 26 years old)
Cristian ANSALDI (Torino, 31 years old)

Midfielders:

Manuel LANZINI (West Ham United, 25 years old)
Ricardo CENTURION (Racing Club, 25 years old)
Maximiliano MEZA (Independiente, 26 years old)
Lucas BIGLIA (AC Milan, 32 years old)
Guido PIZARRO (Sevilla, 28 years old)
Enzo PEREZ (River Plate, 32 years old)
Ever BANEGA (Sevilla, 29 years old)
Giovani LO CELSO (PSG, 22 years old)
Leandro PAREDES (Zenit St. Petersburg, 23 years old)
Rodrigo BATTAGLIA (Sporting Lisbon, 26 years old)
Angel DI MARIA (PSG, 30 years old)
Cristian PAVON (Boca Juniors, 22 years old)
Pablo PEREZ (Boca Juniors, 32 years old)

Forwards:

Paulo DYBALA (Juventus, 24 years old)
Diego PEROTTI (AS Roma, 29 years old)
Lionel MESSI (FC Barcelona, 30 years old)
Sergio AGUERO (Manchester City, 29 years old)
Gonzalo HIGUAIN (Juventus, 30 years old)
Mauro ICARDI (Inter, 25 years old)
Lautaro MARTINEZ (Racing Club, 20 years old)

Croatia’s national team head coach Zlatko DALIC has named his preliminary list of 32 players that will be in the running for the trip to Russia.

He is expected to trim the squad to just 23 by the 4^th of June.

🇭🇷#Croatia preliminary @FIFAWorldCup squad
3⃣2⃣candidates#BeProud #Family #Vatreni🔥 pic.twitter.com/0Eg33OP6P7

— HNS | CFF (@HNS_CFF) May 14, 2018

Goalkeepers:
Danijel SUBASIC (Monaco, France)
Lovre KALINIC (Gent, Belgium)
Dominik LIVAKOVIC (Dinamo, Croatia)
Karlo LETICA (Hajduk, Croatia)

Defenders:
Vedran CORLUKA (Lokomotiv Moscow, Russia)
Domagoj VIDA (Besiktas, Turkey)
Ivan STRINIC (Sampdoria, Italy)
Dejan LOVREN (Liverpool, England)
Sime VRSALJKO (Atletico Madrid, Spain)
Josip PIVARIC (Dyano Kyiv, Ukraine)
Tin JEDVAJ (Bayer Leverkusen, Germany)
Matej MITROVIC (Club Brugge, Belgium)
Borna BARISIC (Osijek, Croatia)
Zoran NIZIC (Hajduk, Croatia)
Duje CASLETA-CAR (Red Bull Salzburg, Austria)
Borna SOSA (Dinamo, Croatia)

Midfielders:
Luka Modric (Real Madrid, Spain)
Ivan RAKITIC (FC Barcelona, Spain)
Mateo KOVACIC (Real Madrid, Spain)
Milan BADELJ (Fiorentina, Italy)
Marcelo BROZOVIC (Inter, Italy)
Marko ROG (Napoli, Italy)
Mario PASALIC (Spartak Moscow, Russia)
Filip BRADARIC (Rijeka, Croatia)

Forwards:
Mario MANDZUKIC (Juventus, Italy)
Ivan PERISIC (Inter, Italy)
Nikola KALINIC (AC Milan, Italy)
Andrej KRAMARIC (Hoffenheim, Germany)
Marko PJACA (Schalke, Germany)
Ante REBIC (Eintracht, Germany)
Duje COP (Standard Liege, Belgium)
Ivan SANTINI (Caen, France)

Croatia will be Argentina’s second group opponent. Both teams will square off on the 21^st of June at the Nizhny Novgorod Stadium.
DALIC said:

“It is a pleasure for me to see just how many of our players participated and winning trophies for their club this season, and I congratulate everyone who has become the champions or cup winners in their countries. In Luki (MODRIC), Matej (KOVACIC) and Dejan (LOVREN), we are proud that we will have a winner in the Champions League for the sixth consecutive year. Not forgetting Šimi (VRSAJKO) who will take part in the Europa League final. All this shows that we have a great concentration of quality and this is filled with optimism ahead of the World Cup.”