There was no case.
It was tried in every possible way, but
Manchester United
remained in its rigid stance and
will not give up Alejandro Garnacho
for the
Under 20 World Cup
to be played in Argentina from May 20 to June 11.
Real Madrid did not give permission to
Nicolás Paz
either .
And the DT
Javier Mascherano
awaits for these hours the definition of
Brighton
by
Facundo Buonanotte
to finish shaping the final list of 21 names that will be announced this Wednesday.
Mascherano traveled to Europe last week to try to shake the determination of the three clubs that refused to let their boys go for the World Cup.
And even the players themselves made it clear behind closed doors their wishes to be able to wear his National Team shirt.
However, both United and Madrid remained in the negative.
The U-20 World Cup will arrive in the country to be played.
Photo:
From the beginning, the Albiceleste coaching staff and
Bernardo Romeo
, coordinator of the Youth Teams, knew that the panorama was too complicated in these specific cases.
But they tried to exhaust all possible resources to find solutions.
The DT took a plane together with the teacher
Pablo Blanco
to cross the Atlantic and meet in person with managers of these teams.
He failed to win two of the three wrestling matches and he is still fighting the other one.
Nico Paz with the Argentine shirt and the number 20 that he wears in the South American.
Photo: AFA Press
"For Garnacho and for Paz he is not definitive
," they confirmed to
Clarín
from Ezeiza.
For Buonanotte they still keep the door open since from Brighton they were not blunt and from the same club there are conflicting positions: the coach, Roberto De Zerbi gave the
okay
, but the leadership did not.
In these hours there will be final decision.
The most notorious absence will be that of Garnacho, who recently announced his renewal with Manchester United until June 30, 2028. And he also published on his networks with his partner that he will be the father of a boy and will call him Enzo.
"No, the truth is that I don't see it
," said his coach, the Dutchman Erik Ten Hag, last week when he was asked if he would let him leave to play the World Cup with Argentina.
And he complied.
The Spanish-born soccer player is recovering from a ligament injury to his ankle that he suffered on March 14 and that had prevented him from being part of the squad for the Senior Team for the friendlies with Panama and Curaçao.
Photo: AP / Fernando Vergara.
For his part, Paz was joining the
Real Madrid Castilla
squad , but
Carlo Ancelotti
included him in the substitute bench in the Real Madrid first team match, which this Tuesday faces Real Sociedad for date 33 of LaLiga.
Is the debut coming?
Mascherano had put together a shortlist with 37 names.
From there, he will obligatorily cross out two.
And he will have to cut another 14 to reach the 21 that will be part of the Sub 20 that will play in the World Cup: he is in group A along with Guatemala, New Zealand and Uzbekistan.
As
FIFA did not include this competition in its calendar
, the clubs are not obliged to give up their players.
The Argentine institutions signed an agreement last December in which they promised to let their players go to the National Teams of any category.
The other teams from the
Old Continent
did not oppose it.
Román Vega (Barcelona), Franco Carboni (Monza), Valentín Carboni (Inter), Matías Soulé (Juventus), Máximo Perrone (Manchester City), Mateo Tanlongo (Sporting Lisbon) and Luka Romero (Lazio) may then be taken into account by Masche in case of being chosen in the final cut.
The same for Renzo Malanca, from Huachipato in Chile, and Julián Aude, from the Los Angeles Galaxy in the United States.
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