Injured Roma forward Ferguson has been selected for the new Irish national team. "Gazzetta dello Sport" said that the Irish national team hopes that he can participate in the World Cup preliminaries on November 16.

The 21-year-old Evan Ferguson was loaned to Roma this summer and has played 10 times without scoring a goal. In the 9th round of Serie A, Ferguson was kicked by an opponent and injured his right ankle and left the field early. Ferguson has been absent since then and did not participate in Roma's Europa League match against Glasgow Rangers early this morning.

However, Ferguson was still selected in the new roster announced by the Irish national team. Ireland will face Portugal and Hungary in two World Cup qualifiers in the middle of this month. "Gazzetta dello Sport" stated that Ferguson will definitely not be able to participate in the previous game, but the Irish national team hopes to have him evaluated and strive to participate in the game against Hungary on November 16.

The Roma club believes that Ferguson is not ready yet, and he will have to wait until at least the national team match day to recover from injury. But the Irish national team's forced call-up of Ferguson this time may cause tensions between the club and the national team.

It is worth mentioning that although Ferguson has failed to score in the Roma Club this season, he scored 3 goals for the Irish national team in the 4 World Cup qualifiers in September and October this year, so the Irish national team will call him up this time due to injury.