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Portuguese league not to release players, Nicolas Otamendi not available for Argentina

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The Portuguese league, or Liga NOS, will not be releasing their players for September’s international fixtures.

For the Argentina national team, this would mean that Nicolas Otamendi of Benfica would not be available for September’s World Cup qualifying matches. This, in addition to the Premier League, La Liga and Serie A not releasing their players.

Out of the 30 players that have been called up to the Argentina national team by coach Lionel Scaloni, 22 would not be available. The one’s that would be available are Franco Armani, Lisandro Martinez, Nicolas Tagliafico, Exequiel Palacios, Julian Alvarez, Leandro Paredes, Angel Di Maria and Lionel Messi.

Gio Lo Celso scores for Tottenham in 3-0 win vs. Pacos de Ferreira

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Gio Lo Celso scored for Tottenham in their 3-0 win vs. Pacos de Feirreira.

In a UEFA Europa Conference League match, both Cristian Romero and Gio Lo Celso started for Tottenham in their win. Romero played a long cross in from deep to Harry Kane early in the match which Kane nearly scored.

Lo Celso had a hand in the second goal as his flick inside the penalty area fell to Kane who scored.

The Argentine would get his goal and a free kick at that. At a difficult angle, Lo Celso’s free kick beat the goalkeeper for the third of the match.

Argentine Champions League draw: A total of 25 players this season

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The draw for the Champions League is now over and we now know the matches for the Argentine players.

A total of 25 Argentine’s will take part in this season’s Champions League tournament. Atletico Madrid boast the most with five players. PSG have four Argentine’s with Lionel Messi, Angel Di Maria, Leandro Paredes and Mauro Icardi. Atletico Madrid have three with Rodrigo De Paul, Angel Correa and Nehuen Perez with Diego Simeone as the coach.

Of the 25 players, 16 of them won the Copa America with Argentina. And of those 25, only two have previously won the Champions League. Lionel Messi has won it four times with Angel Di Maria winning it once. This will be the first time that Lionel Messi wears a shirt, other than FC Barcelona, in the Champions League.

Juan Foyth and Geronimo Rulli qualified for the Champions League after winning the Europa League last season. Sergio Aguero, a finalist last season with Manchester City, will wear a Barcelona shirt.

Here are the Argentine players taking part in the Champions League this season:

Atletico Madrid: Rodrigo De Paul, Angel Correa, Nehuen Perez
Villarreal: Juan Foyth, Geronimo Rulli
Inter: Lautaro Martinez, Joaquin Correa
PSG: Lionel Messi, Angel Di Maria, Leandro Paredes, Mauro Icardi
FC Barcelona: Sergio Aguero
Juventus: Paulo Dybala
Sevilla: Lucas Ocampos, Erik Lamela, Marcos Acuña, Papu Gomez, Gonzalo Montiel
FC Porto: Agustín Marchesín
Ajax: Lisandro Martinez, Nicolas Tagliafico
Atalanta: Juan Musso, Jose Luis Palomino
Benfica: Nicolas Otamendi
RB Salzburg: Nicolas Capaldo

Here are the groups, with the Argentine’s, for this season’s Champions League:

Group A:
Manchester City
Paris Saint-Germain: Lionel Messi, Angel Di Maria, Leandro Paredes, Mauro Icardi
Leipzig
Club Brugge

Group B:
Atletico Madrid: Rodrigo De Paul, Angel Correa, Nehuen Perez
Liverpool
FC Porto: Agustín Marchesín
AC Milan

Group C:
Sporting CP
Borussia Dortmund
Ajax: Lisandro Martinez, Nicolas Tagliafico
Besiktas

Group D:
Inter: Lautaro Martinez, Joaquin Correa
Real Madrid
Shakhtar Donetsk
Sheriff

Group E:
Bayern Munich
FC Barcelona: Sergio Aguero
Benfica: Nicolas Otamendi
Dynamo Kyiv

Group F:
Villarreal: Juan Foyth, Geronimo Rulli
Manchester United
Atalanta: Juan Musso, Jose Luis Palomino
Young Boys

Group G:
Lille
Sevilla: Lucas Ocampos, Erik Lamela, Marcos Acuña, Papu Gomez, Gonzalo Montiel
RB Salzburg: Nicolas Capaldo
Wolfsburg

Group H:
Chelsea
Juventus: Paulo Dybala
Zenit
Malmo

Ligue 1 will release players for September’s international matches

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Ligue 1 have announced that they will be releasing players for September’s international matches.

While the Premier League, La Liga and Serie A will not allow their players to travel for September’s matches, Ligue 1 have taken a different approach. This would mean that Lionel Messi, Angel Di Maria and Leandro Paredes would be allowed to travel for Argentina’s three World Cup qualifying matches.

The statement, which was released on Thursday, states that the league will also stand with the clubs in ensuring that the players return in the best conditions.

Inter announce the signing of Joaquin Correa from Lazio

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Inter have announced that Joaquin Correa has signed with the club.

The Copa America winner with Argentina will be playing alongside Lautaro Martinez at Inter. It had been reported for several weeks that the reigning Serie A champions were looking to try and sign him.

Details of the transfer were made official by Lazio to their Italian stock exchange, via TuttoMercatoWeb. Per the statement, the transfer would cost a minimum of €30 million and that could go to €31 million.

It would be €5 million for a loan, with a possible €1 million pending on sporting results. And another €25 million at the end as the club have an obligation to buy pending unnamed conditions.

Joaquin Correa has signed a contract keeping him with Inter until June 30, 2025.

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