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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nAlejandro Garnacho wasn’t called up to Argentina’s World Cup squad as a late injury replacement despite his excellent form for Manchester United<\/p>\n\n\n\n The 18-year-old trained alongside Lionel Messi when Argentina called him up back in March<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Twitter account @cabifyyy replied to another post saying: ‘They did not call up Garnacho because he is Spanish.’<\/p>\n\n\n\n This comment was apparently liked – and later unliked again – by Garnacho’s official account, something that was captured and shared on the platform by eagle-eyed fans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Eagle-eyed fans on Twitter spotted Garnacho’s official account ‘like’ a comment saying he was overlooked by Argentina ‘because he is Spanish’<\/p>\n\n\n\n Garnacho, 18, was born in Madrid and came through the academy system at Atletico Madrid as well as representing Spain at Under-18 level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But his mother is from Argentina, meaning he holds dual nationality and can also represent them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In March this year, Garnacho was called up to the Argentina senior team ahead of their two World Cup qualifiers that month and he trained alongside Lionel Messi and Co.<\/p>\n\n\n\n However, he did not play in either match, meaning he isn’t yet fully committed to Argentina as a result of playing for them in a competitive fixture and could still play for Spain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He has made five appearances since for Argentina’s Under-20 side, including in the Maurice Revello Tournament in southern France, in which he scored four goals in four games<\/p>\n\n\n\n Garnacho celebrated United’s FA Youth Cup triumph back in May with the Argentine flag.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni (left) decided to call up Angel Correa (right) into his World Cup squad instead of Garnacho <\/p>\n\n\n\n Garnacho celebrated United’s FA Youth Cup triumph earlier this year wrapped in the Argentine flag in a hint at where his international allegiances lie<\/p>\n\n\n\n Despite scoring his first senior goal for United in a Europa League match against Real Sociedad and then netting his first Premier League goal against Fulham, he was overlooked for Argentina’s World Cup squad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Instead, he is expected to be part of the United party heading to Spain for a warm weather training camp next month and two friendlies with Cadiz and Real Betis while the World Cup is going on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Manchester United’s Alejandro Garnacho has caused a stir after ‘liking’ a tweet suggesting he was overlooked for Argentina’s World Cup squad because he was born in Spain. 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