Buenos Aires: Argentine Football Association (AFA) have excluded striker Sergio Aguero and midfielder Angel Di Maria for their upcoming friendly matches against Germany and Ecuador in October.
Both Aguero and Di Maria have not been part of the Argentina squad since the Copa America in Brazil.
Emiliano Martinez of Arsenal and Erik Lamela of Tottenham Hotspurs have been however included in the side.
Skipper Lionel Messi is also missing from the squad due to his three-month suspension from international football which was handed to the recently crowned FIFA Men's Footballer of the year by South America's football body CONMEBOL during the Copa America.
Argentina squad for the friendlies is as follows:
Goalkeepers: Agustin Marchesin (FC Porto), Juan Musso (Udinese), Emiliano Martinez (Arsenal)
Defenders: Juan Foyth (Tottenham), Renzo Saravia (Porto), Nicolas Otamendi (Manchester City), German Pezzella (Fiorentina), Marcos Rojo (Manchester United), Walter Kannemann (Gremio), Nicolas Tagliafico (Ajax), Leonardo Balerdi (Borussia Dortmund)
Midfielders: Guido Rodriguez (America de Mexico), Matias Zaracho (Racing), Leonardo Paredes (Paris Saint-Germain), Nicolas Dominguez (Velez Sarsfield), Rodrigo De Paul (Udinese), Marcos Acuna (Sporting Lisbon), Roberto Pereyra (Watford), Angel Correa (Atletico Madrid), Lucas Ocampos (Sevilla), Erik Lamela (Tottenham)
Strikers: Matias Vargas (Espanyol), Nicolas Gonzalez (Stuttgart), Lucas Alario (Bayer Leverkusen), Lautaro Martinez (Inter Milan) and Paulo Dybala (Juventus)
Argentina takes on Germany in their first friendly on October 9.
