Six players that are not part of the Argentina national team for the World Cup will be with the team for their two friendly matches before the World Cup.
The Argentina national team will play Honduras and Iceland before the World Cup and coach Lionel Scaloni has called-up six players to be with the team. According to Diego Monroig, the six players are Agustín Giay, Santiago Beltrán, Simón Escobar, Tomás Aranda, Joaquín Freitas and Nicolás Capaldo.
Giuliano Simeone, Diego Simeone, Nico Paz and Pablo Paz will make father and son history with the Argentina national team at the World Cup.
Simeone and Paz are part of the 26 players called-up by Argentina national team coach Lionel Scaloni and they will make World Cup history. Their respective fathers, Diego Simeone and Pablo Paz, were team mates with the Argentina national team at the 1998 World Cup when they were called up by coach Daniel Passarella.
They will become the first players in Argentina national team history to be the sons of former team mates at a World Cup with Argentina.
There will be 18 Argentina national team players that will charter a flight to Kansas City for the World Cup training camp.
Lionel Scaloni’s team will be based in Kansas City for the World Cup and 18 players are going to charter a flight to go there together. According to Diego Monroig, the 18 players are Gerónimo Rulli, Nahuel Molina, Gonzalo Montiel, Cristian Romero, Leonardo Balerdi, Nicolás Otamendi, Nicolás Tagliafico, Leandro Paredes, Exequiel Palacios, Valentín Barco, Nicolás González, Giuliano Simeone, Nico Paz, Thiago Almada, Giovani Lo Celso, Enzo Fernández, Julián Álvarez and José Manuel López.
Nicolás Otamendi has signed with River Plate.
Otamendi will join River Plate on July 1 on a contract that will keep him at the club until December 31 2027, joining them as a free agent. The Argentine spoke to Radio La Red about joining the club. Here is what he had to say:
“I’m very happy, more than that. I waited a long time for this moment, I’m fulfilling a dream.”
FC Barcelona have made an offer to Atletico Madrid for Julián Álvarez.
The reigning La Liga champions are interested in signing the Argentine but Atletico Madrid have an asking price. According to César Luis Merlo, FC Barcelona have sunmitted a €100 million bid to Atletico for Álvarez which was turned down.
Atletico Madrid are requesting €150 million for the Argentine.
