Facundo Pellistri, a young player for Manchester United, has been called up by Uruguay for the 2022 World Cup despite not having featured at all this year.
Since his arrival in 2020 as part of a €8.5 million (£7.2 million) move with Penarol, Pellistri, 20, has established himself as one of United’s most promising young players.
The winger, however, has never been able to play for the senior team and has primarily been making appearances for the Under-21s. In nine games, he has scored three goals and provided one assist.
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Diego Alonso, the manager of Uruguay, has nevertheless called the forward up for the forthcoming World Cup in Qatar despite this.
Pellistri did, however, make Alonso’s preliminary list, thus he is still at risk of not making the final cut.
The Uruguayan was also called up for each of the previous four international breaks in January, March, June, and September, despite the fact that he didn’t play many minutes.
Given that the young player has already recorded three assists in seven appearances for the international team, Alonso’s choice seems to make some sense.
The attacker hasn’t exactly been idle because he recently had a lengthy loan period with Deportivo Alaves.
Pellistri joined the LaLiga team in January 2021 and stayed there until his summer return to Old Trafford.
During his stint at Alaves, the Uruguayan international made a total of 35 appearances.
Pellistri joins Federico Valverde of Real Madrid, Rodrigo Bentancur of Tottenham, and Darwin Nunez of Liverpool.
Additionally, he will compete against Valencia’s Edinson Cavani, a former United teammate.
Despite his advanced age of 35 and impending departure from Nacional, Alonso also called up Luis Suarez, the superstar from Uruguay.