By Alberto Daniel Barboza
He World Cup 2026 is just around the corner and several players from True Madrid They rush their injuries to be in the United States, Mexico and Canada. However, There are other footballers who will definitely not make it to the event, as they need more time to recover..
Added to the absences due to injury are the technical decisions of some selectors. For example, It is almost certain that Luis de la Fuente, coach of Spain, will not call up Gonzalo García, Álvaro Carreras and Raúl Asencio.
Although some of them are absent for the last La Liga games, and with True Madrid without a chance to win the championship, these players will be in the World Cup. Country by country:
- France: Kylian Mbappé, Eduardo Camavinga, Aurélien Tchouaméni
- England: Jude Bellingham, Trent Alexander Arnold
- Spain: Dean Huijsen, Dani Carvajal (fight for position)
- Germany: Antonio Rudiger
- Türkiye: Arda Güler
- Uruguay: Federico Valverde
- Belgium: Thibaut Courtois
- Morocco: Brahim Diaz
- Brazil: Vinicius Jr.
- Austria: David Alaba
Those who miss the World Cup due to injury or technical decision:
- France: Ferland Mendy
- Spain: Álvaro Carreras, Fran García, Gonzalo García, Raul Asencio, Thiago Pitarch, Dani Ceballos
- Brazil: Rodrygo; torn cruciate ligament, Eder Militao; Rupture of the proximal tendon of the biceps femoris of the left leg.
- Argentina: Franco Mastantuono
Dani Carvajal’s chances of occupying Spain’s right back are almost impossibledue to injuries during the season and lack of rhythm. Pedro Porro and Marcos Llorente have more options to be called up on the final list.
Carreras and Fran García are far surpassed by Marc Cucurella and Grimaldo himselfwhile Gonzalo García and Raúl Asencio have several colleagues beyond their current capabilitiesincluding his partner Dean Huijsen. Finally, the young Thiago Pitarch and Dani Ceballos have zero chance of being called upin comparison man for man in his position.
In the case of Ferland Mendy, it is practically certain that Diddier Deschamps will use the Hernández brothers; Theo and Lucas, for the left-back position in France.
Finally, Franco Mastantuono could be an exception converse. Although his season at True Madrid went from strength to strength, to the point of being relegated to the bench, Lionel Scaloni could surprise with his call-upconsidering that he is in good physical shape.
Andriy Lunin will not attend the 2026 World Cup because the Ukrainian team is not qualified.
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