Garnacho and Nico Paz, without the U20 World Cup: Mascherano has exhausted his resources but could not change the decision of the clubs

There was no case. Every possible way has been tried, but the Manchester Utd He remained in his stiff posture and he will not yield to Alejandro Garnacho for him Sub 20 world which will be played in Argentina from 20 May to 11 June. Real Madrid did not give permission Nicholas Paz. and the DT Javier Mascherano We await the definition of the Brighton Of Facundo Good night to finish shaping the final list of 21 names to be released this Wednesday.

Mascherano traveled to Europe last week to try to shake the resolve of the three clubs that have refused to let their boys leave for the World Cup. And even the players themselves expressed their desire to be able to wear the shirt of their national team behind closed doors. However, both United and Madrid remained negative.

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From the beginning they knew in the technical staff of Albiceleste and also bernard romeo, coordinator of the Youth Teams, 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 with the teacher Paul White cross the Atlantic and meet the leaders of these teams in person. He has failed to win two of three wrestling matches and is still fighting each other.

“For Garnacho and for Paz it is not definitive”they confirmed a clarion from Ezeiza. For Buonanotte they still keep the door open given that they haven’t been forthright from Brighton and there are contrasting positions from the club itself: the coach, Roberto De Zerbi has given the go-ahead Okaybut the management does not. In these hours there will be the final decision.

The best-known 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”, expressed his coach, the Dutch Erik Ten Hag, last week when asked if he would let him leave to play in the World Cup with Argentina. And he complied. The Spanish-born footballer is recovering from an ankle ligament injury he suffered on 14 March and which prevented him from being part of the senior squad squad for friendlies with Panama and Curaçao.

For his part, Paz was integrating the squad of Castile of Real MadridBut Charles Ancelotti He included him on the substitutes bench in Real Madrid’s first-team match, which this Tuesday faces Real Sociedad for the 33rd date of LaLiga. Is the debut coming?

Mascherano had put together a shortlist of 37 names. From there, he will necessarily delete two. And he will have to cut another 14 to get to the 21 who will be part of the Sub 20 who will play the World Cup: he is part of group A together with Guatemala, New Zealand and Uzbekistan.

AS FIFA has not included this competition in its calendar, clubs are not obliged to sell their players. The Argentine institutions signed an agreement last December in which they promised to let their players enter the national teams of any category.

The other teams of the Old World they didn’t object. Román Vega (Barcelona), Franco Carboni (Monza), Valentín Carboni (Inter), Matías Soulé (Juventus), Máximo Perrone (Manchester City), Mateo Tanlongo (Sporting Lisbon) and Luka Romero (Lazio) will then be considered. in case of choice in the final cut. The same for Renzo Malanca, from Huachipato in Chile, and Julián Aude, from Los Angeles Galaxy in the United States.