The hits for Argentina’s Olympic team keep coming.
Everton and Villarreal will both not allow Ramiro FUNES MORI and Mateo MUSACCHIO to join the Olympic team. And now it appears as if River Plate won’t allow Jonathan MAIDANA to go as well.
At this rate, only Geronimo RULLI and Victor CUESTA would be the overage players available for Tata MARTINO at the Olympics.
Juventus midfielder Roberto PEREYRA looks to be on the way out of Turin as he appears to be in the middle of a bidding war.
According to reports, three clubs are interested in PEREYRA’s services. One from Italy and two from England. Napoli, West Ham and Watford are all in for PEREYRA. After an injury filled 2015, PEREYRA is set to leave Juventus with the rumored fee being in the 15 million pound region. However, according to Tuttosport, both English clubs have made bids in the 7 million pound region.
The preliminary list of 35 players for Argentina’s Olympic team has been announced.
Among the 35, we know that 9 players will be making the final list. Those 9 being:
Geronimo RULLI
Emanuel MAMMANA
Jonathan SILVA
Jose Luis GOMEZ
Mauricio MARTINEZ
Giovani LO CELSO
Leandro PAREDES
Cristian ESPINOZA
Angel CORREA
Despite the fact that Juventus have said he will not be going for month, Paulo DYBALA remains on the preliminary list. The players will start training on July 11 in Ezeiza. Four players who made the Copa America team are included in this list: Jonathan MAIDANA, Ramiro FUNES MORI, Victor CUESTA and Matias KRANEVITTER.
With the 2016 Copa America behind us and the Olympics in August still to come, the National Team still has a very packed schedule for the rest of the year.
While there are no friendly matches this year for the Albiceleste, there remains 6 crucial World Cup Qualifying matches.
September 1: Argentina (home) vs. Uruguay
September 6: Argentina (away) vs. Venezuela
October 6: Argentina (away) vs. Peru
October 11: Argentina (home) vs. Paraguay
November 10: Argentina (away) vs. Brazil
November 15: Argentina (home) vs. Colombia
The easiest match (on paper) of the remaining matches would likely be the match against Paraguay. Argentina will play back-to-back away matches against Venezuela and Peru. Both of which will not be easy matches. They start off against Uruguay at home which is never an easy match. In November, the team travels to Brazil before coming back to play Colombia.
Considering all the uncertainty going on at the moment with the National Team, there’s not a single match that is a guaranteed 3 points for the team.
For a more visual schedule for Argentina’s World Cup Qualifiers, including list of top scorers and current standings, visit our World Cup Qualifiers page.
River Plate’s Emanuel MAMMANA has signed with Olympique Lyonnais.
The central defender has joined Lyon for 8 million euro’s. He played one match for the Argentina National Team against Slovenia in 2014 when he came on as a substitute for Javier MASCHERANO.
