Kevin Mac Allister , the older brother of Liverpool midfielder Alexis Mac Allister , has received his first call up to Argentina 's national team.

The Union St.-Gilloise defender was named as a late replacement for Chelsea 's Enzo Fernández , who is out with a knee injury.

He will join his brother and Argentina's squad in training in Alicante, Spain, this week ahead of the team's international friendly against Angola on Nov. 14 in Luanda.

Kevin, 28, thanked his Union St.-Gilloise teammates for helping him achieve "a dream".

"I just want to say thank you to everybody," he said in a video posted by his club while addressing his teammates in the changing room on Sunday.

"Because two hours today before the game [1-1 league draw at Mechelen], I received a call. Tomorrow I am

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