Alejandro Sabella has finally named his final 23-man-squad for the World Cup and perhaps the surprise is that Éver Banega was one of the three players to be cut. Nicolás Otamendi and José Sosa join him but while they were expected to miss out, Banega was not thought to be one of the players under consideration.

The full squad is as follows:

Goalkeepers
1- Sergio Romero
21- Mariano Andújar
12- Agustín Orion

Defenders
4- Pablo Zabaleta
2- Ezequiel Garay
17- Federico Fernández
16- Marcos Rojo
15- Martín Demichelis
3- Hugo Campagnaro
23- José Basanta

Midfielders
14- Javier Mascherano
5- Fernando Gago
6- Lucas Biglia
13- Augusto Fernández
8- Enzo Pérez
19- Ricky Alvarez
11- Maxi Rodríguez
7- Angel Di María

Forwards
10- Lionel Messi
20- Sergio Agüero
9- Gonzalo Higuaín
22- Ezequiel Lavezzi
18- Rodrigo Palacio