Santiago Giménez formally turned down the Argentina national team

Mexico City

The attacker of Blue cross Santiago Gimenez, has received the invitation from the Argentina team to play with them in this Close FIFA with the category Under 23 who is preparing for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics

Fernando Batista, confessed that he intended to take the son from Chaco Gimenez to prove it with the Albiceleste in a friendly against Japanbut he wasn’t the only one who turned them down Giovanni Reyna from Borussia Dortmund

I spoke to Reyna and Chaco Giménez’s son, Oh yeah, chose other selections“, He said Batista in an interview with TNT Sports in Argentina.

These two players joined Mateo Klimovicz from Stuttgart from Germany, who also refused to wear the shirt Argentina

The Chaquito has been selected Mexican for years and at the age of 19 he was almost part of the Tricolor payroll Bee Concacaf pre-Olympic and it was already considered by Gerardo Martino for a friendly against Guatemala in October 2020.

Gimenez will be in the Close FIFA on a microcycle with the Tricolor under-20 who is already preparing for the next cycle Olympic which will culminate in Paris 2024

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