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LUIS MURIEL MAKES AN APPEARANCE IN COLOMBIA'S PROVISIONAL SQUAD-LIST FOR RUSSIA 2018

14/05/2018

José Pekerman has also published his provisional 35-man squad which sees the Sevillista striker make the cut

One of the latest provisional 35-man squad-lists to be published is that of José Pekerman's Colombia side, who has listed amongst those potentially selected for Russia 2018 Sevilla striker Luis Muriel, together with seven other strikers Carlos Bacca (Villarreal CF), Miguel Borja (Palmeiras), Jimmi Chará (Junior), Radamel Falcao (AS Mónaco), Teófilo Gutiérrez (Junior), José Heriberto Izquierdo (Brighton) and Duván Zapata (Sampdoria).

This preselection has made Muriel the sixth Sevillista to be provisionally selected, although other selections, such as those for Spain and France, have decided to not publish the squad-lists. Others selected include Banega, Mercado and Pizarro for Argentina; Layún for Mexico and Kjaer with Denmark.