Lamine Yamal
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Spain head coach Luis de la Fuente has finalized his 23-man matchday squad for the upcoming UEFA Nations League showdown against England, with teenage winger Lamine Yamal switching from his usual No. 19 to the iconic No. 10 shirt—left vacant following an injury to Dani Olmo.

De la Fuente and his coaching staff trimmed the roster down from the 28 players initially assembled at the national training camp in Las Rozas. Defender Alejandro Grimaldo had already departed the camp a day earlier due to a viral infection, while Álvaro Carreras, Jacobo Ramón, Jorge de Frutos, and Roberto Fernández were omitted from the final matchday protocol.

Yamal’s move into the No. 10 shirt echoes a precedent set in the autumn of 2024. During an earlier injury-hit international window, the forward donned the same number for a Nations League group-stage encounter against Denmark in Murcia, a match Spain won 1-0 courtesy of a Martín Zubimendi goal.