The task of convincing those in charge of negotiating with the clubs was not easy, since most players joined with muscular overload after the summer
The Mexican National Team does not rule out being able to count on the majority of Mexicans who work in Europe and who are indispensable in Gerardo Martino’s calls, except that Héctor Herrera was in doubt until Thursday afternoon due to muscular problems.
All week those in charge of negotiating with the clubs for player loans, had been very busy in their communication with the different teams where each one of those who make up the ‘portfolio’ of important players in the tactical scheme of ‘Tata plays ‘Martino.
And the task of convincing was not easy, since initially, most come from reporting with their different clubs, after receiving vacations for their participation in the recent Gold Cup, where Mexico lost the Final to the United States, and some of them were they joined their teams with muscular overload.
Likewise, it has also been a topic spent during the week that several countries, such as Spain and England, even Germany, are refusing to release their Latin American footballers to their National Teams, since they do not want to lose them by quarantine in case of being infected. by Covid-19.
In this way, the list for the Concacaf Octagonal Elimination, this time perhaps took longer than it should and according to sources from the tricolor environment, there will be some absences that people did not expect, although in general it will not present major surprises.
As we already said, Héctor Herrera was in doubt when he complained about discomfort against Feyenoord on August 8, when he suffered from muscular discomfort.
In fact, Héctor Herrera was not present with Atlético de Madrid at the start of the new La Liga campaign, against Celta de Vigo and Elche.
However, Andrés Guardado, Edson Álvarez, Jesús Manuel ‘Tecatito’ Corona, Néstor Araujo, Gerardo Arteaga, and even Hirving ‘Chucky’ Lozano and Érick ‘Guti’ Gutiérrez are expected to appear on the list of the Mexican National Team for the World Cup qualifiers, with a view to Qatar 2022.
Likewise, the presence of Johan Vásquez in said list is also expected, after his transfer to Genoa of Italy, while José Juan Macías, who now plays for Getafe, is not included in Martino’s list.
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