Argentina Coach Jose Peckerman has named 22 foreign-based players to join the Albicelestes squad for Argentina's World Cup South America Zone qualifiers, firstly at home to Peru on October the 9th, and away to Uruguay on October the 12th.

Gabriel Heinze, Javier Mascherano, Javier Saviola and Javier Zanetti have all sustained recent injuries, and all have been ruled out for the games against Peru and Uruguay, although their presence in the finals is almost undoubtable.

With the Albicelestes having already qualified for the World Cup Finals in Germany next year, it will give Coach Jose Peckerman a chance to try out the up and coming talent.

The home-based players, including a second goalkeeper, will be named in the next few days.

Argentina squad so far:

Goalkeeper:
Leonardo Franco (Atletico Madrid)

Defenders:
Roberto Ayala (Valencia), Diego Placente (Celta Vigo), Walter Samuel (Inter Milan), Martin Demichelis (Bayern Munich), Gabriel Milito (Real Zaragoza), Aldo Duscher (Deportivo Coruna), Fabricio Coloccini (Deportivo Coruna), Leonardo Ponzio (Real Zaragoza)

Midfielders:
Pablo Aimar (Valencia), Juan Roman Riquelme (Villarreal), Juan Pablo Sorin (Villarreal), Pablo Zabaleta (Espanyol), Cristian Gonzalez (Inter Milan), Luis Gonzalez (Porto), Mario Santana (Palermo)

Forwards:
Hernan Crespo (Chelsea FC), Luciano Figueroa (Villarreal), Lionel Messi (Barcelona), Luciano Galletti (Atletico Madrid), Cesar Delgado (Cruz Azul), Carlos Tevez (Corinthians) (Compiled by Luis Ampuero)

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