The three illustrious names from Scaloneta that Mascherano wants to bring to the Paris 2024 Olympics: will Messi go?

As well as Lionel Scaloni is now entering the final stage of the decision-making process to refine the list of America’s Cup, Javier Mascherano does the same to draw up the list of 18 names that he will deliver to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to try to win the third gold medal in football with his national Under 23 team. Among these names the idea is to be able to include three world champions in Qatar 2022. Lionel Messi is the biggest dreambut there are other Scaloneta players who are advancing.

The calendar doesn’t help and Mascherano has to put together a real puzzle to define his chosen ones. There are several factors that can influence their preparation: the proximity of the competitions (the matches start ten days after the Copa América final), the authorization of the clubs that are not obliged to sell their players, the passes…

As he found out Clarion, The Albiceleste coach and his coaching staff already have much of the list in mind even if to close it they know that they are forced to wait a few more weeks because everything can change. The premise will be to give continuity to the basis of the team that classified in the Venezuelan Pre-Olympic, with Thiago Almada like a flag.

In the working group of Masks They believe they have managed to capture an idea on the ground and that the way forward is to continue building there. Naturally we are thinking of including names with more experience to strengthen the team.

Messi is the greatest desire, although the most difficult of all. He little boss and the club understand that, beyond Leo’s desire to always be able to play everything in the shirt of his national team, he has commitments to respect which put at risk the possibility of spending almost two months concentrated between one competition and another. In any case, they don’t give up and The definitive response from the Inter Miami man is awaited.

At the same time, they are already starting the mission to ensure that three other players led by Scaloni can also be present in France. Mascherano wants to bring in a major league goaltender, center fielder and forward. The names listed are Emiliano Martinez (Aston Villa), Nicola Otamendi (Benfica) e Giuliano Alvarez (Manchester City). Complicated, but not impossible.

The vast majority of members of the world champion team made it known internally that they wanted to be there. Some, in fact, have publicly expressed this desire, which does not always go hand in hand with the decision of their clubs.

Drawing, Ota and the Spider, if the negotiations with their teams were to prosper both on an institutional and personal level, they could be the ones to join the delegation that will participate in the football Olympics which will begin on July 24th and will be played in six venues: Bordeaux, Nantes, Lyon, Marseille, Nice and Paris. Argentina will face Morocco, the third-placed team in the Asian Cup (yet to be known) and Ukraine in their group.

It’s clear that The attacker’s case will be subject to Messi’s final decision, not yet notified to the AFA. If the man from Rosario cannot leave in the end, that is when the figure of Álvarez gains strength. Another alternative is that Lautaro Martinez (Inter), who has already said in several interviews that he is available to start the corresponding negotiations. Everything could change depending on the predisposition shown by the different clubs.

There could be more world champions as other conversations taking place concern Enzo Fernandez, who would not occupy a higher position given that he is just 23 years old. Of course in that case we will have to convince Chelsea from England to give him the thumbs up to lose him for about seven weeks.

For his part, Mascherano hopes to know Scaloni’s list because he could include some young people he has in his projects. Valentine’s Day boat (Brighton), Alessandro Garnacho (Manchester United), Facundo Goodnight (Brighton) took part in Scaloneta’s last tour in March and is in contention for the Pujato-born coach as well as the former Barcelona midfielder.

These will be decisive weeks for the Argentine national teams. The time for definitions is coming.