To look to the future.
2 difficult Sept WCQ vs Chile at home and vs Colombia away is just less than 2 months and Scaloni need to select a squad fast. I’m hoping that the rejuvenation of the squad can start right away and he doesn’t call the likes of Guido, Pezzella, Otamendi, Armani and Acuna anymore.
With the WC26 having 8 games in total now assuming the team reaches the final, I expect the number of players in the squad to increase. This is the 28-player squad that I would bring for the WCQ that looks forward to the WC26 (I added the age that the players would be by the time of the WC26)
GK: E. Martinez (33), Gazzaniga (34), Rulli (34)
RB: Molina (28), Montiel (29), Quarta (30)
CB: Romero (28), L. Martinez (28), Senesi (29), Balerdi (27)
LB: Barco (21), Tagli (33)
RCM: De Paul (32), Palacios (27), Equi Fernandez (23)
DM: Enzo (25), Paredes (32), Varela (24)
LCM: MacAllister (27), Lo Celso (30), Echeverri (20)
RW: Soule (23)
CAM: Messi (39), Dybala (32)
FW: Alvarez (26), Martinez (28)
LW: Garnacho (22), Nico Gonzales (28)
--------------------------Alvarez (26)
Garnacho (22)------------------------------Dybala (32)
—-------------Enzo (25)----------Equi (23)
—-----------------------Varela (24)
Barco (21)—Lisandro (28)—Romero (28)—Molina (28)
---------------------------Dibu (33)