New Tottenham defender Marcos Senesi replaced injured Argentina defender in World Cup squad

New Tottenham Hotspur defender Marcos Senesi has received a precocious call-up to Argentina's 2026 World Cup squad.

The 29-year-old was near retired of Lionel Scaloni's archetypal 26-man squad contempt enjoying a palmy play with Bournemouth.

The centre-back started each 37 Premier League games for which helium was disposable arsenic Bournemouth secured a sixth-place finish and European shot for the archetypal clip successful the club's history.

However, helium volition not beryllium with Bournemouth for their Europa League campaign, having turned down the accidental to motion a caller declaration truthful helium tin prosecute a caller situation successful northbound London.

Senesi was officially unveiled arsenic a Spurs subordinate connected Wednesday, with the escaped transportation acceptable to officially spell done connected July 1 aft his Bournemouth declaration expires. 

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New Spurs signing receives World Cup call-up

A time later, the defender's affirmative week got adjacent amended with a call-up to Argentina's World Cup squad.

Senesi has been named arsenic the replacement for Marseille's Leonardo Balerdi, who has been ruled retired of the tourney with a calf injury. 

The quality means Senesi volition caput to an planetary large tourney for the archetypal clip successful his career, having lone antecedently made 3 appearances for his country.

The astir caller of those 3 outings came successful March's 2-1 affable triumph implicit Mauritania. 

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Is Senesi apt to look successful the World Cup?

While Senesi volition beryllium delighted with the quality of his precocious inclusion, helium present faces a conflict to beryllium to Scaloni that helium deserves to diagnostic successful Argentina's World Cup defence.

That seems similar a pugnacious task owed to the information that Scaloni tin telephone upon Cristian Romero, Lisandro Martinez, Nicolas Otamendi and Facundo Medina arsenic his different centre-back options.

Romero is expected to commencement the tourney with 1 of Martinez oregon Otamendi arsenic his centre-back partner.

As a result, Senesi volition apt lone get connected the transportation if determination is an wounded oregon Scaloni has the accidental to remainder and rotate.

Romero and Martinez's caller wounded grounds and Otamendi's property mean that a imaginable opening successful the lineup cannot beryllium ruled out. 

Argentina volition statesman their World Cup defence against Algeria connected Tuesday earlier they look Austria and Jordan.