Panini has added Armando González to its Mexico update for the 2026 FIFA World Cup collection, putting the Chivas forward into the album after he was left out of the original print run. The 23-year-old, known as La Hormiga, will now appear in the sticker set that collectors had expected to miss him.
The announcement lands now because González has already earned a place in Javier Aguirre's final Mexico list, which turned his omission from the first album into a talking point. Panini also said Álvaro Fidalgo will be part of the update that will arrive very soon, while Neymar is included in the set changes as well, showing the company is using the late-stage release to correct some of its earlier roster choices.
For González, the addition follows a strong run in the two most recent Liga MX tournaments, form that helped him break into the national team picture. That rise matters because Raúl Jiménez is still the presumed starting center forward for Mexico at the tournament, leaving González as part of the wider attacking group rather than a certainty for the first XI. His place in the album is a small piece of that larger story, but it is one collectors and fans were watching closely once his name made the final list.
Panini's note also underlines how late the company is still refining the Mexico section of the collection. González was not in the original World Cup album, even though he had reached the point where the national team had selected him. That gap gave the update real weight for fans who wanted the forward represented in the official set, and it explains why the company framed the move as part of a broader update rather than a fresh release.
What Panini has not given is the one thing collectors still need most: an exact date for when the Mexico update will go on sale or become available. The company said only that it is coming very soon, and it has already noted that its agreement with FIFA runs through the 2030 World Cup, so this collection remains part of a larger cycle that still has years left in it.
