With the likes of Andres Iniesta, David Silva and Gerard Pique retiring from international football, it has given room to other players to take up their post and position in the Spain national team.
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The 2010 World champions will be starting their UEFA nation league campaign against England and each players called up by Luis Enrique have picked their jersey numbers for the upcoming games.
The former Barcelona captain’s No.6 went to Inigo Martinez, while Dani Ceballos inherits Silva’s No.21 and Raul Albiol will wear Pique’s No.3.
Meanwhile, Alvaro Morata has recovered No.7 and Saul Ninguez, previous owner of the number, has switched to No.8.
The most experienced players of La Roja got to choose first and although Martinez was one of the last to pick, he decided to carry the burden of wearing Spain’s emblematic captain’s number.
The players’ numbers for the games against England (Saturday, 20.45CET at Wembley) and Croatia (Tuesday, 20.45CET at Elche):
1 David De Gea
2 Dani Carvajal
3 Raul Albiol
4 Nacho Fernandez
5 Sergio Busquets
6 Inigo Martinez
7 Alvaro Morata
8 Saul Ninguez
9 Rodrigo
10 Thiago Alcantara
11 Suso
12 Marcos Alonso
13 Kepa Arrizabalaga
14 Cezar Azpilicueta
15 Sergio Ramos
16 Rodri
17 Iago Aspas
18 Jose Luis Gaya
19 Sergi Roberto
20 Marco Asensio
21 Dani Ceballos
23 Pau Lopez
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