Overview

• Interim boss Manuel Barreto leads preparations for Friday’s friendly versus Chile in Santiago with a refreshed squad.
• Jean Ferrari said Ricardo Gareca is definitively not a candidate, Fabián Bustos does not fit the profile, and no talks have been held with Néstor Gorosito.
• Ferrari targets a December decision and a January start for the new staff to align the senior team with the youth unit.
• Bayern Munich prospect Felipe Chávez, 18, has joined training and is in line for his first senior minutes as the FPF maps 70 foreign-based prospects and has contacted about 20.
• Selection notes include Kevin Quevedo’s withdrawal for personal reasons, Renato Tapia’s post to be handled through dialogue, Piero Quispe’s availability complicated by travel from Australia, and Fabio Gruber awaiting nationality paperwork.