The competitors for a beginning spot in central defence for Spain has been robust in current instances, particularly with Luis de la Fuente having choices not solely within the veteran class but in addition a handful of younger abilities who’ve confirmed their price.
Pau Cubarsi is one participant who falls within the latter class and has develop into a daily member of the Spanish Nationwide Workforce squad at this level.
Regardless of the riches at his disposal, nonetheless, the nationwide staff coach instantly stares at a scenario the place many gamers are injured forward of the upcoming worldwide matches in opposition to the Netherlands and should search for new names to name up.
Inigo Martinez is an possibility
As relayed by Alfredo Matila, De la Fuente is contemplating Barcelona defender Inigo Martinez as an choice to be referred to as up for Spain this month.
The La Roja supervisor won’t be able to name up Aymeric Laporte and Dani Vivian with each gamers injured and nonetheless unfit to play.
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In the meantime, Pau Torres will probably not make it, having solely lately recovered from his damage setback. The likes of Robin Le Normand and Aitor Paredes are removed from their greatest and are thus unlikely to be most popular for the upcoming worldwide break.
Given the scenario, the Spain supervisor should thus search for a dependable possibility who can cowl all bases required for the video games later this month and Martinez has emerged as a severe possibility given his kind for the membership this time period.
The Spanish veteran, in any case, has been a daily starter for Barcelona all season and is effectively within the dialog as top-of-the-line defenders this time period.
The previous Athletic Membership captain already has 20 La Liga appearances beneath his belt and an additional seven within the UEFA Champions League.
The one state of affairs during which Martinez is just not referred to as up for the upcoming worldwide break, it will seem, is that if the coach prefers to facet with younger and upcoming abilities and thus appears in the direction of the likes of Raul Asencio, Mario Gila, or Dean Huijsen.