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Injured forwards Lamine Yamal and Nico Williams were included successful Spain's FIFA World Cup squad announced connected Monday, though for the archetypal clip the squad volition question without immoderate Real Madrid CF players.Both Yamal and Williams suffered musculus injuries towards the extremity of the season, but Spain manager Luis de la Fuente said helium expects them to retrieve successful clip for the tournament.“We are not going to velocity up immoderate process, we are successful coordination with the clubs,” De la Fuente said. “The accusation we person is that they volition each beryllium acceptable for the archetypal oregon the 2nd match. You ever privation to beryllium careful, but if there's a clip erstwhile the players whitethorn privation to instrumentality risks, it's astatine the World Cup.”Spain statesman their Group H run against Cape Verde connected June 15 successful Atlanta. They volition past play Saudi Arabia nationalist shot squad connected June 21 successful Atlanta earlier facing Uruguay nationalist shot squad connected June 26 successful Guadalajara, Mexico.Defender Dean Huijsen, who was among the Madrid players competing for a spot successful the squad, was near out.“I don’t look astatine the clubs, these are nationalist squad players," De la Fuente said. "The lone happening I privation is for them to beryllium arrogant of representing the nationalist team.
I don't look astatine it similar possibly the fans whitethorn look astatine it.”Eight players successful the squad are from FC Barcelona, which has won the Spanish league rubric for the past 2 seasons. Madrid, meanwhile, finished a 2nd consecutive play without a large trophy.Madrid players volition inactive diagnostic astatine the World Cup for different countries, including Kylian Mbappé for France, Vinícius Júnior for Brazil and Jude Bellingham for England.Barcelona midfielder Fermín López was ruled retired arsenic expected aft suffering a fracture successful his close ft this month.Midfielder Mikel Merino returned to the squad aft making lone 1 quality for Arsenal FC since injuring his ft successful January. Fabián Ruiz of Paris Saint-Germain FC was besides included contempt a caller injury.Spain’s preparations statesman connected Saturday, with warm-up matches against Iraq nationalist shot squad connected June 4 and Peru nationalist shot squad connected June 9.Spain recovered from a round-of-16 exit against Morocco nationalist shot squad astatine the 2022 World Cup by winning UEFA Euro 2024 successful Germany.
La Roja besides won the 2023 Nations League and finished runners-up to Portugal nationalist shot squad successful the 2025 edition.Spain person not gone beyond the past 16 astatine the World Cup since winning their lone rubric successful 2010.Squad:Goalkeepers: Unai Simón (Athletic Bilbao), David Raya (Arsenal), Joan García (Barcelona)Defenders: Marc Cucurella (Chelsea), Alejandro Grimaldo (Bayer Leverkusen), Marcos Llorente (Atletico Madrid), Pau Cubarsí (Barcelona), Aymeric Laporte (Athletic Bilbao), Pedro Porro (Tottenham), Eric García (Barcelona), Marc Pubill (Atletico Madrid)Midfielders: Rodri (Manchester City), Martín Zubimendi (Arsenal), Pedri (Barcelona), Mikel Merino (Arsenal), Fabián Ruiz (Paris Saint-Germain), Gavi (Barcelona), Álex Baena (Atletico Madrid)Forwards: Lamine Yamal (Barcelona), Yéremi Pino (Crystal Palace), Mikel Oyarzabal (Real Sociedad), Víctor Muñoz (Osasuna), Borja Iglesias (Celta Vigo), Nico Williams (Athletic Bilbao), Dani Olmo (Barcelona), Ferran Torres (Barcelona)
