The Manchester United winger recovered from an ankle injury in order to enjoy a strong end to the 2022/23 campaign, and was excellent when coming on as a second-half substitute in last weekend's Emirates FA Cup final defeat to Manchester City.
Although born in Madrid, the 18-year-old qualifies for Argentina through his parentage and has already impressed at Under-20 level for the world champions.
Scaloni, who guided the South American nation to glory in Qatar at the end of last year, has been speaking ahead of the fixtures with Australia and Indonesia.
The clash with the Socceroos takes place next Thursday in Beijing in a repeat of the entertaining World Cup round-of-16 tie, a match in which Lisandro Martinez made one brilliant goal-saving challenge.