Barcelona expected Spain not to call up Yamal: reports

Lamine Yamal has already played more than 1,000 minutes on the pitch at the start of the season, so Barcelona were hoping that Luis de la Fuente would not call him up to the Spanish national team for the current international break.

According to Mundo Deportivo, the Catalan club warned the RFEF that Hansi Flick's man needed some rest. La Roja determined that the importance of Saturday's match against Denmark was critical to their chances of reaching the Nations League finals.

In addition, the national team's strategists were hoping that the star would be cautioned against Denmark to give him a rest for the match against Serbia, the final game of the group's work in this UEFA window.

In the end, he left the field in stoppage time without a yellow card and limping, so the plan went exactly backwards. Fortunately for Barcelona fans, despite the bad news of Lamine Yamal's overload, there are still seven days to go until the match against Sevilla in La Liga.