The mexican national team Can add a new naturalized “enhancement”, since Gerardo “Altata” Martino The possibility of holding it in the future will be analyzed Pedro Alexis Canelo, forward from Demons of Toluca Red.

According to information from journalist Rafael Ramos, of ESPN, Alexis Canelo will be the “cover” of Gerardo Martino to strengthen the trio’s striker, having already called up Rogelio Funes Mori.

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Despite being in Mexico for five years (the minimum amount required for naturalization), Pedro Alexis Canelo has not yet begun the procedure for obtaining Mexican citizenship, although in the past he has expressed interest in obtaining this role.

“I’m not Mexican, and I haven’t got citizenship yet, but it’s a challenge I’d love to. I owe a lot to Mexico that helped me grow and mature as a player. I don’t see with other eyes a shirt from another team,” Canelo said in an interview with TUDN in February.

In this way, only Pedro Alexis Canelo will be left to start the proceedings so that Gerardo Martino can look to him in the future for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

Pedro Alexis Canelo numbers in Liga MX

A native of Argentina’s Almirante Brown, Pedro Alexis Canelo arrived in Liga MX in 2016, as a boost for the Jaguares de Chiapas. After a season with the Chiapas team, he was loaned to the Puebla sector, arriving later as a boost to Toluca in 2017.

With “Chorizo ​​Power,” Alexis Canelo played a total of 136 games, scoring 53 captions.

In the 2021 Clausura Championship, Canelo is established as the MX League Champion, scoring a total of 11 goals in 17 days of the regular stage.

So far in Apertura 2021, Alexis Canelo has scored a total of three goals and one assist in seven matches.

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