Manchester United transfer target Paulo Dybala alongside Inter's Lautaro Martinez top list of Argentina's squad for their upcoming friendly games against Chile and Messi with Barcelona star Lionel Messi missing out of the team due to suspension.
Argentina coach, Lionel Scaloni released a 27-man squad on Sunday which featured seven uncapped players including Alexis Mac Allister, Leonardo Balerdi, Nicolas Figal, Lucas Martinez, Nicolas Dominguez, Lucas Ocampos and Adolfo Gaich. Mac Allister is on loan at Boca from Premier League club Brighton and Hove Albion, who signed the attacker in January. Of the seven, five currently ply their trade in Argentina with Balerdi currently featuring for Borussia Dortmund while Ocampos is on the books at Sevilla.
Argentina will be without their captain Messi after being banned after the Copa America tournament which La Albiceleste finished third. The Barcelona star will miss out in the games after criticising the officiating at this summer's Copa America, claiming that CONMEBOL was "corrupt" in favour of the host nation Brazil.
The South America football governing body opted to suspend Messi for Argentina's next three matches while hitting him with a $50,000 (£41,000) for his controversial comments. As a result, Messi will miss the friendly matches against Chile and Mexico as well as an October friendly against Germany and a one-match World Cup qualifying ban.
Messi is joined by experienced players Sergio Aguero and Angel Di Maria on this list of missing players in Scaloni's squad for the two matches as the Argentine coach picked an inexperienced team.
Argentina will take on Chile at the Los Angeles Coliseum on September 5 before taking on Mexico at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas five days later. The fixtures will be La Albiceleste's first matches since they defeated Chile 2-1 in the Copa America third-place playoff on July 6.
Goalkeepers: Esteban Andrada (Boca Juniors), Franco Armani (River Plate) and Agustin Marchesin (Porto).
Defenders: Leonardo Balerdi (Borussia Dortmund), Marcos Rojo (Manchester United), Lucas Martinez Quarta (River Plate), Gonzalo Montiel (River), Nicolas Figal (Independiente), Nicolas Tagliafico (Ajax), Nicolas Otamendi (Manchester City), German Pezzella (Fiorentina).
Midfielders: Rodrigo De Paul (Udinese), Matias Zaracho (Racing), Roberto Pereyra (Watford), Exequiel Palacios (River Plate), Lucas Ocampos (Sevilla), Manuel Lanzini (West Ham), Alexis Mac Allister (Boca), Marcos Acuna (Sporting CP), Leandro Paredes (Paris Saint-Germain), Guido Rodriguez (Club America), Giovani Lo Celso (Tottenham), Nicolas Dominguez (Velez).
Forwards: Joaquin Correa (Lazio), Lautaro Martinez (Inter), Paulo Dybala (Juventus) and Adolfo Gaich (San Lorenzo).