Vigouroux could face Messi, but Eom gets summer off
Lawrence Vigouroux is facing a mighty challenge with Chile next week, but Swansea City team-mate Eom Ji-Sung has been given a summer break by South Korea.Goalkeeper Vigouroux is with the Chile squad preparing for World Cup qualifiers against Argentina and Bolivia.Chile take on Argentina in a World Cup qualifying game in Santiago on 6 June before going to Bolivia four days later.It may be that Vigouroux comes up against Lionel Messi, who was named in Argentina's preliminary squad, as Chile look to cause a major upset by beating the world champions.But there will be no work for Eom this summer after he was omitted from the South Korea squad for their qualifying matches against Iraq and Kuwait.
Eom finished the Championship season in style, looking like a player who was coming to terms with the English second tier, having struggled at times following his move from Gwangju last summer.But he has been left out alongside the likes of Yang Min-hyeok, who was on loan at Queens Park Rangers last season, and Bae Jun-ho of Stoke City.South Korea boss Hong Myung-bo has indicated the Championship players have been left out because they have been inactive for a number of weeks, rather than due to any loss of form.Swansea fringe player Nathan Tjoe-A-On is with the Indonesia squad for games against China and Japan, while striker Zan Vipotnik may go to the Uefa Under-21 European Championship with Slovenia.Ben Cabango, Ollie Cooper and Liam Cullen are part of Craig Bellamy's Wales squad for qualifiers against Liechtenstein and Belgium, while Evan Watts, Sam Parker, Cameron Congreve and Joel Cotterill are in the Wales Under-21 squad.
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