Thiago Almada is out of the Argentina national team for the October friendly matches.

Almada will not be with the team for their two matches against Venezuela and Puerto Rico. The Argentina national team social media account has announced that the 26 year old is out of the team.

Argentina national team coach Lionel Scaloni announced his list of players on Friday for the October matches and included the 26 year old, who suffered a muscle injury in September.

The Argentina national team will play Venezuela on October 10 and on October 14 will play Puerto Rico.

Valentín Barco, Matías Soulé and Claudio Echeverri do not make the Argentina national team for the October friendly matches.

Argentina national team coach Lionel Scaloni announced his players for the October friendly matches against Venezuela and Puerto Rico and has not included a few players.

Barco is in very good form for Strasbourg but is not included in the team. The 21 year old has played in all six of Strasbourg’s Ligue 1 matches, playing as a left midfielder, attacking midfielder and central midfielder.

Matías Soulé has two goals and one assist in five league matches with AS Roma but is not included. He is yet to play a match with the Argentina national team.

Claudio Echeverri was included in the Argentina national team for the September World Cup qualifiers but misses out for the October friendly matches.

Enzo Barrenechea also misses out. With Benfica, he has played six league matches, five as a defensive midfielder and one as a central midfielder.

Valentín Carboni was called up in September for the World Cup qualifiers but is not included in the matches for October. His last match witht the Argentina national team was at the 2024 Copa America.

Julio Soler was also part of the September World Cup qualifying team but he is with the Argentina U20 national team for the U20 World Cup.

Facundo Medina, Juan Foyth and Exequiel Palacios are all injured and did not make the Argentina national team.

The three players have recently been called-up to the national team but did not make the team due to injury for the friendly matches against Venezuela and Puerto Rico. In their places are Facundo Cambeses, Lautaro Rivero, Aníbal Moreno and Marcos Senesi.

Medina suffered a right ankle sprain for Olympique Marseille and will be out for two months. The 26 year old played for Argentina earlier in June in a 1-1 draw against Colombia in the World Cup qualifiers.

Juan Foyth has muscle discomfort and will be out for a few weeks. He has missed Villarreal’s last two league matches.

Exequiel Palacios will be out until the start of the new year with a muscle tendon injury in his right adductor. The 26 year old was part of the team in September and played against Colombia in a World Cup qualifying match.

Lisandro Martínez remains out due to an ACL injury while Paulo Dybala is also not fit.