Argentina national team coach Lionel Scaloni announced his team for the World Cup and there are nine players with a chance to make it that have been cut.

Marcos Senesi of Bournemouth and Emiliano Buendía of Aston Villa both did not make the Argentina national team for the World Cup. Marcos Acuña, who won the World Cup in 2022 does not make it because of fitness issues.

Franco Mastantuono of Real Madrid, Gianluca Prestianni of Benfica, Matías Soulé of AS Roma, Agustín Giay of Palmeiras, Máximo Perrone of Como and Nicolás Capaldo of Hamburger SV also did not make the World Cup.

Argentina national team coach Lionel Scaloni has announced the team for the 2026 World Cup.

Lionel Scaloni has named the 26 players that will be with the Argentina national team at the World Cup, defending the title. Here are the 26 players:

Goalkeepers:
Emiliano Martínez (Aston Villa)
Gerónimo Rulli (Olympique de Marseille)
Juan Musso (Atletico Madrid)

Defenders:
Leonardo Balerdi (Olympique de Marseille)
Nicolás Tagliafico (Olympique Lyonnais)
Gonzalo Montiel (River Plate)
Lisandro Martínez (Manchester United)
Cristian Romero (Tottenham Hotspur)
Nicolás Otamendi (Benfica)
Facundo Medina (Olympique de Marseille)
Nahuel Molina (Atletico Madrid)

Midfielders:
Leandro Paredes (Boca Juniors)
Rodrigo De Paul (Inter Miami)
Valentín Barco (Strasbourg)
Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool)
Exequiel Palacios (Bayer Leverkusen)
Giovani Lo Celso (Real Betis)
Enzo Fernández (Chelsea)

Forwards:
Lionel Messi (Inter Miami)
Lautaro Martínez (Inter)
Julián Álvarez (Atletico Madrid)
Giuliano Simeone (Atletico Madrid)
Thiago Almada (Atletico Madrid)
Nicolás González (Atletico Madrid)
José Manuel López (Palmeiras)
Nico Paz (Como)

Marcos Senesi and José Manuel López are fighting for one World Cup spot with Argentina.

One of Marcos Senesi and José Manuel López will be going to the World Cup. According to Fernando Czyz, the two players are fighting for one spot om the team.

Argentina national team coach Lionel Scaloni is set to announce on Friday his team for the World Cup. Both Giovani Lo Celso and Valentín Barco are set to be included while Franco Mastantuono is set to not make the World Cup.

Valentín Barco has a lot of chances of making the World Cup with Argentina.

Barco is expected to be with the Argentina national team at the World Cup. According to Gastón Edul, the 21 year old has a lot of chances of being in Lionel Scaloni’s team.

Giovani Lo Celso is also set to be included in the Argentina team for the World Cup. Franco Mastantuono is not set to be part of the final team for the World Cup.

Argentina national team coach Lionel Scaloni is expected to announce the World Cup team on Friday.

Giovani Lo Celso has a lot of chances of making the World Cup team for Argentina.

Lo Celso was part of the 2018 World Cup team for Argentina but did not play and missed out on the 2022 World Cup due to injury. According to Gastón Edul, the 30 year old has a lot of chances of making the team.

Argentina national team coach Lionel Scaloni is set to announce on Friday the team for the World Cup. Franco Mastantuono is set to miss out on the World Cup team.