{"id":6505,"date":"2026-05-07T11:35:39","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T11:35:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/05\/07\/madrid-captain-carvajal-in-race-against-time-for-spains-world-cup-squad\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T11:35:39","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T11:35:39","slug":"madrid-captain-carvajal-in-race-against-time-for-spains-world-cup-squad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/05\/07\/madrid-captain-carvajal-in-race-against-time-for-spains-world-cup-squad\/","title":{"rendered":"Madrid captain Carvajal in race against time for Spain\u2019s World Cup squad"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Spain international Dani \u2060Carvajal injured his right foot during a training session for Real Madrid last week.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Spain manager \u200cLuis de la Fuente says \u2060Dani \u2060Carvajal could still make his World Cup squad but the right back must prove his \u2060fitness and form after suffering a foot injury in training \u2060with his club Real Madrid last week.<\/p>\n

\u201cCarvajal is a very important figure in our dressing room,\u201d de la Fuente said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cI actually spoke with him yesterday, so I\u2019m aware \u200cof what\u2019s going on. He doesn\u2019t have a specific injury, nothing serious, but he needs time to get back to his usual level.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll see in the remaining matches whether he truly gets the opportunity and delivers the performances.\u201d<\/p>\n

De \u2060la Fuente added that Carvajal, \u2060who made just one appearance for Spain in 2025, would understand if he is left out of the squad for the \u2060World Cup, which is being held in the United States, Canada \u2060and Mexico from June 11 to \u2060July 19.<\/p>\n

He joins a list of players who have sustained injuries<\/a> in the weeks before the World Cup with Spanish teammate Lamine Yamal among them.<\/p>\n

Carvajal, 34, is approaching the final weeks of his contract with Real and has struggled for game time this season \u200camid competition from Trent Alexander-Arnold.<\/p>\n

Spain begin their World Cup campaign against Cape Verde on June 15 \u200cand \u200calso face Saudi Arabia and Uruguay in Group H.<\/p>\n

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Spain international Dani \u2060Carvajal injured his right foot during a training session for Real Madrid last week. Spain manager \u200cLuis de la Fuente says \u2060Dani \u2060Carvajal could still make his World Cup squad but the right back must prove his \u2060fitness and form after suffering a foot injury in training \u2060with his club Real Madrid … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6506,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6505","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6505"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6505\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}