(FILES) Argentina's midfielder #05 Leandro Paredes (C) and midfielder #07 Rodrigo De Paul (R) inspect the pitch ahead of the 2026 World Cup football tournament final match between Spain and Argentina at the New York/New Jersey Stadium in East Rutherford on July 19, 2026. "I don't know if I'll stay with the national team." Leandro Paredes, captain of Boca Juniors and one of the key figures in the Argentine squad, raised doubts about his future with the Albiceleste, who are coming off the back of the defeat to Spain in the 2026 World Cup final. "It's going to be a long process to get over what we've been through. We achieved some important things, but losing the World Cup final is going to hurt for a long time, because we were so close again," said Paredes on July 23, 2026. (Photo by PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA / AFP via Getty Images)