Argentina call several Serie A players for 2026 World Cup, but not Dybala

MIAMI GARDENS, FLORIDA – OCTOBER 10: Nicolas Paz of Argentina shoots in the course of the Worldwide Pleasant between Argentina and Venezuela at Onerous Rock Stadium on October 10, 2025 in Miami Gardens, Florida. (Picture by Wealthy Storry/Getty Photos)

Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni has named the 55-man longlist of gamers for the 2026 World Cup, together with Lautaro Martinez, Matias Soulé and Nico Paz, however not Paulo Dybala.

The Seleccion are the reigning World Champions, having gained the trophy in 2022 in Qatar, and go into this match within the USA, Canada and Mexico as one of many favourites.

There is no such thing as a scarcity of expertise to select from and plenty of of them ply their commerce in Serie A.

Lautaro Martinez shouldn’t be unsure, because the Inter striker and Capocannoniere was a key determine of their Copa America triumph two years in the past.

Others included within the 55-man longlist who play in Serie A are Como expertise Nico Paz, Roma’s Soulé, Como midfielder Maximo Perrone, Bologna striker Santiago Castro and Parma centre-forward Mateo Pellegrino.

Nico Gonzalez is there too, presently on mortgage at Atletico Madrid from Juventus.

Nonetheless, Roma veteran Dybala shouldn’t be even within the prolonged Argentina listing, which means he has no hope of taking part within the World Cup this summer season.

La Joya simply accomplished his comeback from harm and had his first begin since January 25, however it was not sufficient to persuade Scaloni.

Somebody who’s included for Argentina is Gianluca Prestianni, the Benfica winger presently suspended after alleged racist insults in direction of Vinicius Junior of Actual Madrid throughout a Champions League match.

Lionel Messi is there too, though the legend now at Inter Miami has not but confirmed he needs to be on the World Cup for Argentina.

Argentina longlist for World Cup

Goalkeepers: Emiliano Martinez (Aston Villa), Geronimo Rulli (Olympique Marseille), Juan Musso (Atletico Madrid), Walter Benítez (Crystal Palace), Facundo Cambeses (Racing Membership), Santiago Beltran (River Plate).

Defenders: Agustin Giay (Palmeiras), Gonzalo Montiel (River Plate), Nahuel Molina (Atletico Madrid), Nicolas Capaldo (Hamburg), Kevin Mac Allister (Union Saint-Gilloise), Lucas Martinez Quarta (River Plate), Marcos Senesi (Bournemouth), Lisandro Martinez (Manchester United), Nicolas Otamendi (Benfica), German Pezzella (River Plate), Leonardo Balerdi (Olympique Marseille), Cristian Romero (Tottenham), Lautaro Di Lollo (Boca Juniors), Zaid Romero (Getafe), Facundo Medina (Olympique Marseille), Marcos Acuña (River Plate), Nicolas Tagliafico (Olympique Lyon), Gabriel Rojas (Racing Membership).

Midfielders: Maximo Perrone (Como), Leandro Paredes (Boca Juniors), Guido Rodriguez (Valencia), Anibal Moreno (River Plate), Milton Delgado (Boca Juniors), Alan Varela (Porto), Ezequiel Fernandez (Bayer Leverkusen), Rodrigo De Paul (Inter Miami), Exequiel Palacios (Bayer Leverkusen), Enzo Fernandez (Chelsea), Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool), Giovani Lo Celso (Actual Betis), Nicolas Dominguez (Nottingham Forest), Emiliano Buendia (Aston Villa), Nicolas Paz (Como), Franco Mastantuono (Actual Madrid), Thiago Almada (Atletico Madrid), Tomas Aranda (Boca Juniors), Giuliano Simeone (Atletico Madrid), Claudio Echeverri (Girona), Gianluca Prestianni (Benfica).

Forwards: Santiago Castro (Bologna), Lautaro Martinez (Inter), José Manuel Lopez (Palmeiras), Julian Alvarez (Atletico Madrid), Mateo Pellegrino (Parma), Lionel Messi (Inter Miami), Nicolas Gonzalez (Atletico Madrid/Juventus), Alejandro Garnacho (Chelsea), Matías Soulé (Roma), Valentin Barco (Strasbourg)

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