Llorente and Barrios, new additions to a list with Lamine and without Morata

If it's not the beginning of a changing of the guard, it certainly feels like it. Luis de la Fuente 's squad for the national team in the October transfer window offers important new additions (Marcos Llorente, Pablo Barrios), established names (De Frutos, Jesús Rodríguez), and one notable absence: captain Álvaro Morata , a key figure and focal point for the coach.

Little by little, the seed of the team that won the European Championship is dwindling over time, while new names are added to the national team.

On this occasion, and prompted by the injuries to Carvajal, Nico Williams, Gavi, and Fermín , Atlético de Madrid has almost fulfilled the listener's requests. Four players from Simeone's group are expected to be selected for the national team, an offer almost unrecognizable to the red-and-white club: Llorente, Barrios, Baena, and Le Normand.

Llorente hasn't been in the national team since the pre -European Championship squad in Germany . He was one of three players Luis de la Fuente omitted. Barrios made his debut for the senior team a year ago in the match against Switzerland in Tenerife. Le Normand and Baena are regulars for the Riojan coach as long as they maintain their normal form. Two of them won the European Championship in Germany.

THE LIST

Goalkeepers : David Raya, Unai Simón and Alex Remiro

Defenses : Marcos Llorente, Vivian, Robin Le Normand, Marc Cucurella, Dean Huijsen, Pedro Porro, Pau Cubarsí, Grimaldo.

Midfielders : Zubimendi, Mikel Merino, Pedri, Dani Olmo, Rodrigo, Aleix García, Pablo Barrios, Rodrigo, Alex Baena

Forwards : Lamine Yamal, Ferran Torres, Mikel Oyarzabal, Samu, Jorge De Frutos, Jesús Rodríguez, Yeremi Pino

Morata 's absence (32 years old) is surprising because De la Fuente's confidence in the controversial striker, now at Como in Italy, seemed limitless. He repeatedly stated that the national team consisted of Morata and ten others. This circumstance has failed to hold true in this call-up, which has been met with surprises.

Another regular in the national team is missing, Fabián Ruiz , the PSG midfielder with muscle discomfort who has not been called up by De la Fuente.

Laporte , the Frenchman who became a Spanish national, was a regular starter at the European Championship in Germany and is one of De la Fuente's most frequently used players. His return to the national team seemed likely now that he has returned to La Liga with Athletic Bilbao.

Lamine Yamal is back in the squad list by De la Fuente after the messy last season's squad, which is always tied to player injuries, which are inevitable in this sport. With the national team, it was a lower back problem, but he also had a groin injury that wasn't reported to the national team staff, which led to a heated exchange between De la Fuente and Flick. "I don't even care what he's saying," the coach once remarked.

The Spanish national team has a double opportunity during the current window to practically seal, or even mathematically seal, their qualification for the upcoming World Cup in the United States, Mexico, and Canada . They will host Georgia in Elche (Friday, October 11) and Bulgaria in Valladolid (October 14) after sweeping the first group of Group E matches (0-3 in Bulgaria and 0-6 in Turkey). Winning both matches will ensure they qualify.