Luis Enrique: "There will be surprises before the World Cup"

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In the list of these 25 players who are with Spain for all four Nations League games, there are rare cases.

, who has only played 14 games this year.

who hadn't come for a long time.

Or

, who will leave the coexistence this Friday because he has not recovered from his injury, but who was called by

for the first time after the European Championship.

They are remarkable cases.

There are less and less on the lists - "I am more and more predictable", the coach himself admitted this Wednesday in Seville -, but there are still.

And more there will be.

"The players are not stupid, and the rosters are always open. There will be surprises before the World Cup, because youngsters appear with great force or because others who are not so young return to perform at a top level. We as a coaching staff are always open to all those novelties", said the Asturian coach, relaxed in the warm press room at the Benito Villamarín.

It was not the only 'warning' made by the coach.

In another answer that did not have much to do with it, he released: "It is true that it is the end of the season, that the players have their minds on vacation, but representing Spain is always important, and we cannot forget that four or five months from now there is a World Cup, and everyone will want to be in it".

Luis Enrique is using, logically, the World Cup as a spring so that a concentration like this one in June, very long and at the end of the season, is not mentally discarded by the squad.

Apart from that, he confirmed that Ansu is here more to integrate into the dynamic than to be important in these clashes, that Marco Asensio is a player that he likes a lot and, above all, that the one he likes the most is

.

"I gave him a rest in March, but now I can no longer allow myself much joy, because these games are official. We need the best version of the national team and that version is with Busquets", he said.

Busquets, after Ramos and Casillas

The captain, for his part, who returns after resting in March, will beat

this Thursday against Portugal, and will be the third player with the most appearances in the national team (134).

Ahead, only

(180) and

(166).

"I'm not considering taking them," joked the Barça footballer, who has been shot twice for the Madrid Champions League.

Elegant as always, he is clear: "If they have won the Champions League it is because they have deserved it. In a specific match you can be lucky, but when there are several matches, that is no longer valid. I have felt healthy envy watching the matches so It means being in the finals and winning them. What we have to do in my club and in the national team is to work to be in that position too".

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