The party of the world champions will not have one of its honorees.
Alejandro Papu Gómez
, one of the 26 players who lifted the cup at the Lusail stadium on December 18 after the unforgettable final against France,
will not travel to Argentina
to play with the
National Team
in the friendlies against Panama, on Thursday 23 at the Monumental , and Curaçao, on Tuesday 28 in the Mother of Cities of Santiago del Estero.
The loss of Papu Gómez has not yet been made official by the broadcast channels of the Argentine Football Association.
However, as
Clarín
was able to find out , the footballer from Seville will not get on the plane and will see the celebrations of his teammates on television from Europe.
Gómez had suffered an injury to his left ankle during the World Cup -during the first half of the round of 16 match against Australia- and despite trying to recover without undergoing surgery to rejoin Sevilla as soon as possible, the discomfort in the joint did not affect him. gave peace and forced him to undergo surgery on Friday, February 10.
Alejandro Papu Gómez compares himself to David Beckham.
It was expected that, beyond being convalescing, the Papu would travel the same and participate in the celebrations.
Even, according to what this newspaper was able to find out, the coaching staff headed by Jorge Sampaoli was not going to put sticks in the wheel and had decided to authorize the trip.
However, from the Andalusian club they were inflexible and applied the injury protocol to lower him from the call.
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