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LAS ROZAS DE MADRID, Spain — Villarreal’s players were still out on the pitch, stretching the morning session at the old orange grove where the club has its training ground, when the news reached them. Santi Cazorla, Raúl Albiol, Pau Torres and Gerard Moreno had been included in the Spain squad for this week’s trip to Norway and Sweden. Together they travelled 450km west to Las Rozas, the Federation’s HQ outside Madrid; others arrived from all over the country and beyond, and mostly the players…
LAS ROZAS DE MADRID, Spain — The handle turns, the door opens and Saul Niguez bursts into the room. There’s just enough space to slip quietly past, out towards the training pitch and up to the players’ residence for lunch, but he’s not about to do that. He’s been listening in from a small office covered with hundreds of old portraits of footballers at the Spanish national team’s Las Rozas HQ, 25km northwest of Madrid, and he’s grinning.
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Ansu Fati has been left out of Spain’s squad for the upcoming Under-17 World Cup in Brazil and will remain in Barcelona.
Spain U17 coach David Gordo revealed last month that if Ansu were available for selection, he would be included in the roster.
However, Gordo named a 21-man group on Wednesday without the 16-year-old included.
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Spain coach Robert Moreno has said he considered selecting Barcelona sensation Ansu Fati for the upcoming Euro 2020 qualifiers against Norway and Sweden.
The 16-year-old forward has been left out of both Spain’s under-21 squad and the senior team for bureaucratic reasons.
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The Royal Spanish Football Federation [RFEF] have confirmed to ESPN FC that they are pursuing the necessary paperwork in order for Barcelona forward Ansu Fati to play for Spain.
Ansu, 16, is also eligible to represent Guinea-Bissau and Portugal at international level, but Spain are hopeful he will commit his future to La Roja ahead of the U17 World Cup in Brazil next month.
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