Ex-Academy Forward Suffers Injury Day After World Cup Squad Announcement
Sunday, 31st May 2026 10:14

A day after being named in the Canada squad for the World Cup finals, former Town academy forward Marcelo Flores suffered a knee injury which could rule him out.

Flores, 22, who left Town for Arsenal’s youth set-up in 2019, now plays his club football with Tigres UANL in Mexico and during the CONCACAF Champions Cup final overnight, which his side lost on penalties to Toluca, went down when twisting in the penalty area.

The winger was in clear discomfort and left the pitch in tears with his participation in the finals now in significant doubt.

Co-hosts Canada play their first group game against Bosnia and Herzegovina on Friday 12th June.

Born in Georgetown, Ontario, Flores switched allegiance to Canada from Mexico, for whom he had played in three friendlies, in February and made his debut the following month.

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Robert_Garrett added 13:29 - May 31 Best player we've never had in the first team?
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BeattiesBackPocket added 14:22 - May 31 Robert Garrett he was 15 when he went to Arsenal from Ipswich so how exactly was he going to play in our first team at 14 years old?
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captaincrunch added 14:39 - May 31

I don't think he was saying that he should have played in the first time at 14. He simply said "Best player we've never had in the first team?" So if we had Cristiano Ronaldo at age 13 the same meaning would apply. If we had a great player who was old enough fir the first team and he didn't ever feature that would be strange. But to be fair it could be possible if they were injured at the time.

Ipswichbusiness added 15:03 - May 31 If memory serves me correctly, a very young Paul Gascoigne had a trial at Ipswich and there was a film of him shaking John Wark’s hand … what might have been?
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armchaircritic59 added 17:54 - May 31 Shame for the lad if he misses out, might never get another chance. A low blow indeed.
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BlueCanadian added 20:58 - Jun 1 I'm gutted for him. As a Canadian fan, I have seen him play in a few friendlies and he has looked great. Big loss for Canada and personally for him. What a shame.
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