De la Fuente responds to what he called lies about Lamine Yamal’s injury

Spain coach Luis de la Fuente confirmed that Lamine Yamal will join the squad later this week and responded to what he called inaccurate talk about the Barcelona player’s situation. Yamal will miss the Nations League match against Czechia because of a knee injury.

The coach’s comments came after media discussion portrayed Yamal’s absence as special treatment and claimed it sent the message that the player could do as he pleased. De la Fuente said what bothered him was the lying and the lack of accuracy and truth, stressing that Yamal received no special privileges and that the national team would have handled things the same way with any other player.

De la Fuente added that he had spoken in greater detail than he should have in order to reveal the truth, noting that players missing out through injury was part of football. The source said Yamal was making good progress in recovering from knee pain and was expected to join the national team on Friday.