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Paulo Dybala, Matias Soule called up to the Argentina national team

Paulo Dybala and Matias Soule have both been called up to the Argentina national team.

Dybala and Soule are the latest names to be included in the Argentina team. According to a tweet by Gaston Edul, the two players from Juventus will make the team for the January and February World Cup qualifiers.

Coach Lionel Scaloni is set to announce his Argentina team at the end of the week with several changes expected to be made to the team. With Argentina having already qualified to the World Cup, Scaloni is set to include local based players. Along with Dybala and Soule, Facundo Medina, Gio Simeone, Juan Foyth, Nahuel Molina and Nehuen Perez will all also be called up.

Facundo Medina of RC Lens called up to the Argentina national team

Facundo Medina has been called up to the Argentina national team.

Medina is the latest to reportedly be called back into the Argentina. Per a tweet by Gaston Edul, the 22 year old defender will be included in coach Lionel Scaloni’s list for the next World Cup qualifying matches.

Several other players have been called to the team as coach Lionel Scaloni is set to announce his squad by the end of this week. Here are the names that are set to be announced:

Gio Simeone
Juan Foyth
Nahuel Molina
Nehuen Perez

With those names, Paulo Dybala and Matias Soule are also strongly rumored to be called up.

Lionel Messi unlikely to be called to Argentina team for World Cup qualifiers

Lionel Messi is unlikely to be called to the Argentina national team for the World Cup qualifiers.

Messi is expected to miss the January and February World Cup qualifying matches for Argentina. As we reported last week, coach Lionel Scaloni is set to make several changes to the team for the upcoming qualifiers. One of them is leaving Messi out of the team.

Scaloni and his staff have reportedly spoken to Messi regarding the possibility of not calling him up for the matches against Chile and Colombia. Messi’s response was reportedly to give him a few days to decide. According to reports out of France, Messi’s answer is to be rested and remain with PSG for those matches.

The Argentina coach is set to announce his list of players by the end of this week and we already have a few names that have been confirmed. Verona have already tweeted out that Gio Simeone has been called up to the team while Udinese have tweeted that Nahuel Molina and Nehuen Perez have also been called up.

Lautaro Martinez scores for Inter in 2-1 win vs. Juventus to win Supercoppa Italiana

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Lautaro Martinez scored for Inter in their 2-1 win vs. Juventus to win the Supercoppa Italiana.

Martinez and Joaquin Correa voth won the Supercoppa Italiana with Inter. With Juventus leading 1-0, Inter were awarded a penalty. Up stepped the Argentine who scored to draw Inter level.

Joaquin Correa was brought on as a substitute as Lautaro started the match but was substituted out. For Lautaro, he has now won two trophies with Inter and for Joaquin Correa. For Correa, it is his first trophy with the club.

@mundoalbiceleste Lautaro Martinez scores for Inter. #lautaromartinez #lautaro #internazionale #intermilan #inter #Football #Futbol #Soccer #Argentina ♬ original sound – Mundo Albiceleste

Juan Foyth of Villarreal to be called to the Argentina national team

Juan Foyth is expected to be called to the Argentina national team.

Foyth is the latest name that is being reported which will make the Argentina national team for the January and February World Cup qualifying matches. According to TyC Sports, the 24 year old will be back in the team.

He would be back in the team and as we reported earlier, Esteban Andrada and Maxi Meza are also going to be back. It has already been announced by his club Verona that Gio Simeone has been called up with Udinese announcing that Nahuel Molina and Nehuen Perez are also included for the matches.

Argentina play Chile on January 27 away before playing on February 1 against Colombia at home.