FIFA World Cup 2022: Top three players omitted from Spain’s 2022 FIFA World Cup squad

Enrique,
who
took
over
as
head
coach
of
the
national
team
after
La
Roja’s
elimination
on
penalties
in
the
Round
of
16
stage
in
Russia
in
2018,
will
look
to
improve
on
last
year’s
European
Championship
semi-final
loss
to
Italy.

Luis
Enrique
has
tried
to
find
a
good
mix
between
youth
and
experience
in
the
current
roster.
The
Spanish
coach
made
it
apparent
that
he
had
selected
the
majority
of
the
players
who
had
lately
been
regulars
and
were
in
good
physical
shape.
But
the
former
Barcelona
manager
in
that
process
has
omitted
a
number
of
prominent
people
who
were
thought
to
have
a
chance.

Here
is
a
list
of
the
three
best
players
omitted
from
Spain’s
squad
for
the
FIFA
World
Cup:

1.
Thiago
Alcantara

The
Liverpool
midfielder
was
a
shock
exclusion
from
Enrique’s
squad
considering
he
was
very
much
part
of
the
Spanish
squad
recently.
Thiago’s
last
appearance
for
his
country
came
in
July
2021
in
the
Euro
2020
semifinal
against
Italy.

However,
he
was
included
in
the
overall
squad
in
most
of
the
cases.
However,
Enrique
now
has
opted
to
exclude
the
Spanish
veteran
from
the
side
and
instead
opted
for
some
newer
faces
like
Hugo
Guillamon,
Carlos
Soler,
etc.

2.
David
De
Gea

The
Manchester
United
number
one
has
been
somewhat
ignored
by
Enrique
since
taking
charge.
The
main
reason
behind
the
omission
has
been
regarded
as
his
limited
abilities
with
the
ball
at
his
feet.
However,
De
Gea
appears
to
have
worked
well
in
that
aspect
this
season
under
Ten
Hag
and
has
been
in
superb
form.

However,
that
did
not
push
Enrique
to
change
his
mind
as
he
selected
Unai
Simon,
Robert
Sanchez,
and
David
Raya
as
his
preferred
choice.

3.
Sergio
Ramos

The
biggest
name
on
this
list,
the
World
Cup
and
Euro
winner
has
also
been
overlooked
by
the
manager.
Enrique
appears
to
be
not
a
fan
of
the
veteran
defender
at
present
and
has
not
called
him
up
to
the
squad
since
last
year.
Ramos
struggled
for
form
last
season
and
however
turned
things
around
this
term
with
PSG
where
he
has
been
one
of
the
performers
of
the
side
that
are
flying
high
in
Ligue
one
and
the
Champions
League.

However,
Enrique
chose
to
keep
faith
in
the
likes
of
Eric
Garcia,
Pau
Torres,
and
Aymeric
Laporte
instead,
not
handing
Ramos
a
chance
to
feature
in
his
eighth
major
tournament.