Eleven days after Didier Deschamps, Luis De La Fuente followed in the footsteps of his French counterpart to announce on Monday the list of 26 Spanish players who will participate in the 2026 World Cup. Specificity of this famous list: the pure and simple absence of Real Madrid players. Deja vu during Euro 2020, but never for a World Cup. Something to laugh about in Catalonia.
With eight elements called up, FC Barcelona will be very widely represented for the competition in which La Roja will participate within two weeks. As a result, the local press is amused and rolls on the ground laughing, stinging Real Madrid. “8-0, Roja Culé” headlined Mundo Deportivo, insisting on the fact that the selection would be seriously tinged with blaugrana colors.
While Luis De La Fuente justified himself on Monday by ensuring
” look at(r) only if a player has the skills to play with it (the selection)“ it’s the grimace soup on the Madrid side. But with a recruitment policy once again oriented towards the international, Real practically did not give its Spaniards a chance. The statistics are also glaring: only three of them are among the sixteen most used players this season on the Merengue side.
A Real Madrid player finally at the 2026 World Cup?
However, Real Madrid has not yet said its last word and it could well be that one of its elements will finally make the trip to the other side of the Atlantic. While waiting for the departure for the World Cup, Luis De La Fuente has asked nine players to stay with the selection until June 4.
They will participate in La Roja training and among them, Gonzalo Garcia is present. Brilliant in the Club World Cup last summer, the young Spanish attacker was blocked all season by Kylian Mbappé. In the event of a last minute package, it could therefore be called. A scenario which remains at the hypothesis stage for the moment. And in Barcelona, ​​we continue to have fun.
