These guys won’t be going to the World Cup and can instead put their feet up by the fire watching their club team-mates slugging it out in 35 degree heat. Doesn’t sound so bad...
Manchester United’s player of the season hasn’t played for his country for over two years with Unai Simon of Athletic Bilbao the No.1 and fellow Premier League stoppers Robert Sanchez and David Raya getting the nod ahead of him.
Asked to explain De Gea’s omission, Spain boss Luis Enrique said: “A goalkeeper should start the play and generate the first superiority. I need a goalkeeper that transmits peace and calmness to me.” Loosely translated: De Gea is sh*t with his feet.key component of a back four that’s conceded the fewest goals in the Premier League this season, the Netherlands must have some bloody good centre-backs for Louis van Gaal to leave Botman out of the squad.
It must be a pretty bitter pill to swallow for Digne, who wasn’t selected for the last World Cup and has been in every squad since when fit.Handed the last of nine international caps just over a year ago, it’s no great surprise that the Villa man was left out of Tite’s squad. But then it may well have been different had Luiz got his move to table-toppers Arsenal before the end of the transfer window.
And that Brazilian midfield is perhaps the point of weakness if there is one for the tournament favourites, with Fred, and Fabinho, who’s looked more like Fred than Fabinho this season, making the cut.The Liverpool man made four substitute appearances for Spain at Euro 2020, scoring in the penalty shootout defeat to Italy in semi-final, but hasn’t featured since.
Thiago has existed as a Spain international between the great team of a decade ago and what they hope will be the next, with the nation’s hopes resting on a pair of special Barcelona midfielders in Gavi and Pedri, who will be looking to emulate the previous special duo of Xavi and Andres Iniesta, rather than Thiago, who’s failed to do anything of note in comparison.
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