JAKARTA - The Indonesian national team coach, Shin Tae-yong, will summon 26 players for the Third Round of the 2026 World Cup Qualification. At the summons, there were 14 players who had careers abroad or abroad.
However, on the agenda that will take place in early September 2024, Elkan Baggott's name is not visible on the list.
Indeed, there has been no official news about the names of the players on the call list. However, the Head of the National Team Agency (BTN), Sumardji, gave a lattice that Shin Tae-yong would summon as many as 26 players to the Garuda Squad.
A total of 12 players were taken from the domestic league and the remaining 14 players were abroad.
"There are 12 domestic league players, the remaining 14 players are playing abroad," said Smardji in a statement quoted on Monday, August 19, 2024.
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Of the 12 names of players called up from the domestic league, one that has been confirmed is Dimas Drajad. This is known from the announcement shared by his club, Persib Bandung, on Friday, August 16, 2024.
Meanwhile, Shin Tae-yong has also confirmed a name that will not be called to the Indonesian national team. The name is Elkan Baggott.
This was said directly by Shin Tae-yong at the Madya Stadium, Senayan, Central Jakarta, on Friday, August 16, 2024. Even so, the South Korean tactician did not clearly explain the reason for not summoning Elkan Baggott.
When asked by the media about the summons of the Blackpool FC defender, Shin Tae-yong just shook his head.
"No," said Shin Tae-yong at the time.
The decision not to summon Baggott to the Garuda Squad is not the first time this has happened. Previously, in the last two matches of the Second Round of Group F of the 2026 Asian Zone Qualification World Cup, Elkan was also not included by the coach.
Baggott himself began not to be called by Shin after the 2024 Olympics playoffs. The reason is, at that time Baggott reportedly did not attend Shin Tae-yong's call to strengthen the U-23 Indonesian national team even though it was a competition holiday.
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