Speaking to La Gazzetta dello Sport, Man City's Rodri spoke highly about Spain’s level when discussing the favourites for the World Cup.

“The usual names that everyone says, but if I have to be honest I think that collectively we are the best. The strength of the squad is our great weapon.”

“In the way we understand the game and what Luis Enrique asks for, in the ability to defend and attack as a unit, compact. In the unity of purpose that leads us to be the best national team as a collective, even if we are not individually.

“And since I have long been convinced that the collective always prevails over individuality, I see us well, very well. And we have another advantage, many of us have won something at youth level with the national team.

“For years we have been breathing a certain type of football, we have grown up with certain ideas, with coaches with a very similar profile. When you get to the senior national team you are already ready, the integration is easier, because certain things are innate.”