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Spain boss Luis de la Fuente explains why he doesn’t want to rest Barcelona’s Lamine Yamal

Spain boss Luis de la Fuente has named his latest Spain squad and has included Lamine Yamal, Ferran Torres, Pau Cubarsi and Pedri in his latest call-up.

Speaking later at a press conference, the Spain boss was asked if he’d considered giving Yamal a rest and offered up the following response.

“I’ll give you a fact: FIFA has done a study of the last 12 years of 40 days. The percentage of minutes played by players with the national team is 3.5%,” he told reporters.

“National team matches do not ‘injure’ anyone.