Alexis Mac Allister's first call-up to the national team dates back to 2019. From then on, for three years, he did not play with the Albiceleste shirt. For this reason, the first calls for 2022 seemed preparatory to launching the new course that would begin after the World Cup in Qatar. There were only two official qualifying races, so it wasn't unthinkable that he could be discarded by Lionel Scaloni. Instead he goes to the Middle East, albeit with a second tier role behind Papu Gomez. So he, like Enzo Fernandez, were excluded from the first match against Saudi Arabia, the 1-2 defeat which had put the Albiceleste national team in a decidedly uncomfortable position.
But then he entered the field for the next match, against Mexico, without ever leaving it. Even with a decisive goal against Poland, while the risk was to say goodbye to the competition. Who knows what would have become of Argentina and the epic around Lionel Messi without him. He was a driving force, becoming a transfer man immediately afterwards, with Inter and Juventus who tried to sign him, but Brighton's requests were now almost impossible for an Italian team to satisfy.
In the end, Liverpool managed to win, with 42 million of fixed part plus around 28 of variable, with an all-inclusive figure of around 70 million euros. A lot, but not too much for those who now wear the number ten of Arne Slot's club. Alexis Mac Allister turns 26 today.
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