Gerardo Martino delayed the announcement of the roster after the Premier League issued a statement banning clubs from ceding their players.
The Premier League took a mutually agreed decision to prevent the clubs from giving in to the players in the face of the matches for the Qatar 2021 Qualifiers, which led to a change of plans in Gerardo Martino’s strategies.
Given the increase in infections, the danger of transmitting the virus on each trip and the mandatory quarantine they will have to go through when they return from their international obligations due to the epidemiological situation by the “red” countries ended up surprising the Dad who longed to have his star striker for that match.
While the place was covered by Alan Pulido, Henry Martin and Rogelio Funes Mori, one of them had to be sacrificed for Raúl Jiménez to have his triumphant return with the Mexico National Team ahead of the matches against CONCACAF teams.
However, to prevent the Mexican gunner from making a quarantine on his return, from the English league board decided that players should not go to countries in an emergency of positive cases in the various regions.
Faced with this issue, the Dad would present a list similar to the previous ones in center of the attack although with the presence of Diego Lainez, Hirving Lozano, between some that were absent by injury or commitments to the Olympic set.
The first match will be on September 2 against Jamaica, then they will face Costa Rica on the fifth and finally the eighth will close this window of international clashes against Panama.