Eduardo J. Castelao Madrid

Madrid

Updated Friday, March 15, 2024-14:43

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Beyond the list of 26 players that

Luis de la Fuente

gave this Friday , the focus was, of course, on an absentee.

Brahim Díaz

and his particular daisy, now yes, now no, now yes, now definitely not, about the Spanish team.

In a story where

everyone tells the truth, half, and everyone lies, also half,

a phrase from the coach has put an end to it.

"There is a document from March 9 where he renounces playing for Spain."

What document is that?

This is a communication from FIFA, which arrives on Saturday, March 9, on the Federation's intranet, where it is reported that Brahim has informed the Moroccan Federation, and this one to FIFA, of his decision to play with the African country. .

"Therefore, I could no longer call him for this call," De la Fuente resolved in an appearance where eight of the first ten questions were about this matter.

An issue that increasingly seems to be a matter of 'feeling'.

There has not been a direct conversation between Brahim and De la Fuente, nor between the sports management of the Federation and Real Madrid or the player's agents, according to their versions.

The boy was on the March 1 pre-list , and both

Real Madrid

were aware of that

(despite leaking that the Spanish Federation was the only Federation that did not give them that list of names) and

the player's agents

.

Judging again by the versions close to the midfielder, being aware of this pre-list, the decision to

'sign'

for Morocco was made on Thursday, March 7.

The question, then, is to know why Brahim takes that direction, already knowing that he is on the Spanish pre-list.

If he had waited a couple of years, it seems logical to think that there was nothing wrong with waiting one more week

, until this Friday, when the final list was known.

Furthermore, sources familiar with the bureaucratic procedures necessary in these cases seriously doubt that between day 7 (when the decision is supposedly made) and day 9 (when the official communication from FIFA arrives in Las Rozas) there will be time to do all the paperwork. necessary, which is not little.

It could also be that everything was prepared waiting for the player's ok.

strange speeches

On the other hand, the coach's speech is questionable.

"Here comes whoever wants, without demands," he said on Monday, and this Friday, of course, he had to respond several times to a direct question:

Did Brahim put pressure to guarantee the call-up with Spain?

De la Fuente wanted to take the question towards the ethereal.

"Brahim has not demanded anything, at least from me personally, but when I talk about demands, I speak in general. No footballer can demand anything, I simply said this phrase speaking in general, as a maxim for the future," he said, thus trying to avoid the core of this brawl.

But it doesn't seem very logical that, when asked about Brahim, he puts the word "demands" on the board and then says that he speaks in general.

A question of 'feeling', then, summarized in that De la Fuente, for whatever reasons, does not consider Brahim a great loss in terms of football.