Argentina interim national team manager Lionel Scaloni has told reporters he maintains hope Lionel Messi will return to the team soon, saying the No. 10 shirt is reserved for the Barcelona star.
Per Goal's Sacha Pisani, he was asked about Messi and the shirt during a press conference ahead of the match against Colombia and said:
"There is only one answer for your question: Every player who was in the World Cup kept his number, the ones who came here.
"In this time, the 10 shirt belongs to Messi, and it will stay this way until he decides if he will continue with us or not.