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Spain boss Luis de la Fuente discusses why he left Pau Cubarsi out of Euro 2024 squad

Spain boss Luis de la Fuente has spoken out after naming his final squad for Euro 2024, one that does not include Barcelona teenager Pau Cubarsi.

Girona’s Aleix García and Atlético Madrid’s Marcos Llorente have also been left out, and De la Fuente says it’s been a tough decision to make.

“I want to thank you for your behavior and attitude, which have made us better,” he told the trio.

“Everyone would have been useful. This morning when we said goodbye my feeling is that I have been unfair, but each one has different characteristics and all of them could have been among the 26, but we have to leave three and we have to make decisions.