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Thiago out of Spain squad with knee injury

Thiago Alcantara will miss Spain's friendly with Belgium after suffering a knee injury in the win over England.

Bayern Munich midfielder Thiago Alcantara has pulled out of the Spain squad for Tuesday's international friendly against Belgium because of a knee injury.

The 24-year-old picked up the knock in Spain's 2-0 friendly win over England on Friday, being forced off after just 27 minutes, and has now been sent back to his club after undergoing a scan Saturday morning.

A statement on the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) website read: "He carried out an MRI scan and results show an edema in the proximal insertion of the medial collateral ligament on his right knee caused by indirect trauma suffered in the match against England.