The midfielder made known his intention to be part of the Argentine delegation that will go for the third gold medal but the wishes of the player – who spoke on numerous occasions with the leaders of his club to try to unblock his situation – ran into those of the Blues, who chose to reject his request so that he is from the beginning under the orders of Enzo Maresca, who has just taken over to replace Mauricio Pochettino.
The midfielder adds to the rejection he received Alejandro Garnachothat the leaders of Manchester United informed the forward that they will not authorize him to play in the Olympic Games.
Unlike Argentine soccer teams, The institutions in Europe are not obliged to give up their footballers since the Olympic event does not correspond to a FIFA date.
Nevertheless, The Premier League team that agreed to Javier Mascherano’s request was Brightonwhich authorized Valentine Boatafter a great pre-Olympic tournament of which he was part as a Boca player and in the middle of it he was sold to the British team.
Without the possibility of being able to count on Enzo Fernandez, most likely the midfield will be similar to the one played in the Venezuelan Pre-Olympic Tournament with Thiago Almada, Equi Fernández, Cristian Medina, Juan Ignacio Nardoni and Claudio Echeverri added to the inclusions of Alan Varela and Santiago Hezzewho obtained the permission of their respective clubs and are two great reinforcements for the Jefecito team in Paris.
Meanwhile, in the last few hours, the AFA was notified of the approval by the leaders of the Manchester City and his peers Benfica so that Julián Álvarez and Nicolás Otamendi be part of the Olympic event after competing in the America’s Cup in the United States.
Lastly, this week Emiliano ‘Draw’Martinez will have a talk with the directors of Aston Villa by Zoom to unlock his situation and be able to be the third oldest on the Olympic list.
There are hopes that the Premier League club will authorize him and he will be part of the delegation in Paris. If this does not happen, Mascherano will not call another goalkeeper over 23 for the Olympic Games and the starter will be Leandro Brey, who started in the qualifying tournament.
Source: Ambito
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