By Edgardo Avelar
Although the regulations of the FIFA prevents all teams from releasing their players who will participate in the 2026 World Cup after May 25, a group of seven players from the Mexico team will report before of the duel against Ghana scheduled for May 22 in the city of Puebla.
The above was announced by coach Javier Aguirre, who in Wednesday’s conference to try to clarify the issue of the call-up of the Toluca players, announced that these players who play in Europe and Saudi Arabia negotiated with their clubs that they could be released before the regulation time.
“We are going to have several of them for the match against Ghana, which makes me proud, because the players have done their part. “I see a lot of commitment from my players, desire to make history,” was what the national coach announced.
The duel against Ghana, which will not come with its top figures, will take place at the Cuauhtémoc stadium in Puebla and He will be able to help the national coach draw part of his lineup that he will use in the World Cup debut against Ghana.
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“It has given me a lot of pride because they have done their part, they have spoken with coaches“They have asked for facilities to come as soon as possible,” said the controversial Tricolor coach, who highlighted that this situation is already planned and has the approval of their respective teams.
Players who will report first
So far it is known unofficially that the seven players Those who will report earlier than what is established by FIFA regulations would be Guillermo Ochoa of AEL Limassol of Cyprus, Jorge Sánchez of PAOK of Thessaloniki of Greece, César Montes of Lokomotiv of Russia, Johan Vázquez of Genoa of Italy, Edson Álvarez of Fenerbahce of Turkey, Raúl Jiménez of Fulham of the Premier League of England and Julián Quiñones of Al Qadisyah.
The rest of the players who play in Europe, such as Santiago Giménez of AC Milan, Mateo Chávez of AZ Alkmaar, César Huerta of Anderlecht and Luis Chávez of Dinamo of Russia, it remains to be seen when they will report and if they are called up, like Germán Berterame of Inter Miami of the Most Important League Soccer (MLS).
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First block of Mexicans from abroad contacted for the World Cup: Ochoa, Jorge Sánchez, Johan Vásquez, César Montes, Edson Álvarez, Raúl Jiménez and Julián Quiñones.
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It is feasible that these elements will be gradually integrated as their respective teams when it comes to releasing their participation for the next World Cup.
Although other versions They assure that players like Santiago Giménez and Luis Chávez They prefer not to take their vacations and report earlier with the Mexican team, which could be between May 24 and 25, days after the first group of the foreign legion does so.
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