Argentines who play for other national teams: would they make Argentina's squad?

CBs are well stocked that is if Mancini does not decide to have a look at Amione as well. LB lets lock down Valentin Barco as well. Yes that is slightly weak at the moment but Barco/Takahashi for the future would be great down the left hand side. Right hand side also needs some more depth. But there are options. Aude/Giay are possible seleccion fullbacks along with Blanco.

Upfront yes. Puch (German origins) is a potential nine while we wait on the others like Lopez to step up. Really Tapia has to call FIFA and ask them to have a look at this. You simply cannot go around with a shopping list to another country and say you know what. Do you want to play for us ? If you do we'll offer you and your family a career here with a club and the national side.

It makes a mockery of international competition. An absolute mockery. If you have issues with youth football as Mancini has alluded to then it's up to the clubs in Italy to look at what they need to improve and change and getting more kids into sport in general instead of growing fat playing FIFA or PES.

What is really making me angry is that they are going after some of our brightest prospects like Prestianni and Puch. Supposing they do end up going there it's detrimental to our NT.

Sure we'll keep on producing talent like that kid at Racing for instance and a couple of others but what is to stop them unless FIFA act, from coming in for them as well at some point ? It's a disgrace what they are up to. An absolute disgrace. And as mentioned most fans of the Azzurri are against it as well.

They are using the economic situation here to lure kids away. Because kids are easy to pressure and mislead and being the good kids they are they'd love to secure their families futures.

 

Mancini’s plan is to call-up four more Argentine players.

Galoppo(Former Banfield and current São Paulo), Prestianni(Velez), Capaldo(Former Boca and current Salzburg) and Di Cesare(Argentinos Juniors).

The Azzurri, Europe’s Paraguay.

 

I freaking hate what the Azzurri are doing. . . and btw, my dad and mom were born in Italy, I am first generation born outside of Italy (my 23AndMe is almost 100% Southern Italian) so its not an anti-Italian thing, but targeting Argentinean talent to steal is underhanded and AFA needs to move in to protect our future.

Basically non-European players who can play in Europe are encouraged to obtain dual citizenships so it won't hurt their European club by counting as a non-Euro player. But if the player gets the dual citizenship, then they could get poached by the European nation that he applied for dual citizenship. This is typical European bullsh#t

 

I can understand it if it was a player here or there, at a position where they'd have no chance of making the seleccion, then good for them they get a chance at international football. But this widespread casting of the net and trying to get premier talent for free because of a one drop of blood rule is bullshit. Give an inch and they take the whole 9 yards.

 

Yeah, I do not understand Capaldo. It tells me that they have not scouted him before. Unless he’s doing some things for Salzburg that we do not know about. As for Paletta, not only did he receive a call he played for them but 2 out of his 3 career caps was at the 2014 World Cup. Holy cow!

Prestianni is not going to play for them; I’m not pretty much convinced of this. He’s going to be in Europe soon enough and Aimar and Scaloni would’ve already had a word with them.

 

On trezeguet.

https://mundoalbiceleste.com/2022/0...n-argentina-at-world-cup-france-or-argentina/

https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/how-argentina-lost-trezeguet-6316475.html#comments-area

 

He's had a solid season at Salzburg. Granted the league is not the best but he was decent in his European showing. But he is 24 and not pulling up trees on his metrics.

 

https://www.tycsports.com/seleccion...ue-de-cerca-mancini-para-italia-id502255.html

La Selección Argentina, atenta: los 16 futbolistas que sigue de cerca Mancini para Italia

• Lucas Beltrán (River Plate)
• Gianluca Prestianni (Vélez Sarsfield)
• Mateo Tanlongo (Sportig de Lisboa)
• Bruno Amione (Sampdoria)
• Julián Aude (de Lanús, recién transferido a Los Angeles Galaxy de EEUU)
• Valentín Carboni (Inter de Milán)
• Franco Carboni (Monza)
• Lucas Román (Barcelona)
• Isaías Delpupo (Cagliari)
• Marco Di Cesare (Argentinos Juniors)
• Tiago Geralnik (Villarreal)
• Facundo Buonanotte (Brighton)
• Nicolás Capaldo (Salzburgo)
• Matías Soulé (Juventus)
• Juan Sforza (Newell's Old Boys)
• Gino Infantino (Rosario Central)

I know of pretty much everybody here besides Isaías Delpupo. A lot of these players will simply say no because again, they have been around the senior side.

🇦🇷 Debut en Serie B con el primer equipo del Cagliari para Isaias Delpupo, el chico nacido en El Socorro que habia sido convocado con la Sub 19 Italiana y la Sub 20 argentina, vuelve con todo tras una larga lesión y apunta a insertarse en el primer equipo
Joya a seguir💎🇦🇷 https://t.co/rBEPPpukF5 pic.twitter.com/gNdcSVMPVm

— Joaco Alvarez💙🦊 (@Joaco_lestah) February 3, 2023

 

What makes Mancini so offensive, and even offensive to Italian fans, its that he is not allowing players to become adults and make a self-aware decision to no play for Argentina. A decision that a 17 year might grow up to resent.

I don't know what the solution is, I don't think FIFA has really thought about it because it doesn't negatively impact the rich European nations. But my approach would be that;

• A player is eligible to play for his country of birth, or natural citizenship, but if their home country does not give him a call-up by age 21, he can chose to play for another team.

FIFA should step in to give the country of birth a chance to chose. I don't know what the perfect answer is, but something has to be done to protect the home country.

 

Sickening. Fingers crossed Mancini is removed from the job at Italy and Conte comes in. That might put a stop to this nonsense. Of that list the eight hghlighted all could well feature for the seleccion for the future. These plans are extremely detrimental to the national side. Sod off Mancini.

 

10 on that list, The other Carboni and Beltran.

 

There's a small but well recognized Armenian community in Argentina many coming after the genocide committed by the Turks. He's not going to get capped by the seleccion even though he's done well in the MLS and he has Armenian heritage.

 

Yeah, Briasco has also represented Armenia.

 

I don't mind when players like Lucas Zelarayán, Norberto Briasco or Luciano Acosta choose to play for other national teams because they are now seasoned players who have no shot at playing for their home countries. That is fine, imo

What gets me is the crap that Mancini was trying to pull of and calling-up (or I should state, steal) young players who are still developing. Forcing a young player to choose is so messed up. And Mancini is then forcing the other national teams to hurry-up the development of the young players, bc if the home countries don't act quickly, they could lose the young star. Not to mention that some of players he is trying to poach have never played in Italy and have no direct association with Italian football - no wonder they haven't made the WC in 8 years. And we know the Italian fans are also pissed and want their national team to develop their own talent.

 

He certainly has the tattoos, if not the talent, to fit in the with the Argentina NT.

 

Honestly wonder if he'd make the USA team either, but he'd be better depth than a guy like Roldan.

 

Mancini le preconvocó antes de la Finalissima, y desde entonces solo ha disputado un amistoso con Argentina: la Azzurra necesita recambios. https://t.co/BLekRdd4A5

— AS Argentina (@AS_Argentina) June 23, 2023

 

Mancini es un HDP - Senesi has never even played in Italy. EVER. I think he will be called up for the September games for Argentina. So I am not worried.

 

I honestly think he won't be selected as he faces too much competition in the CB areas, especially with Otamendi still in the team.

 

Mancini is a wannabe c0ckblocker

 

I grew up watching serie A and I know our players has big history there...They used to be my second team and I usually supports them at Euro, but Mancini makes me hope they fail to qualify for the WC 3 times in a row.