Spain's World Cup-winning team ready to REFUSE to play when squad is announced
Spain's Women's World Cup winners are reportedly ready to refuse to play for their national side after meeting yesterday to discuss whether they should accept call ups for their upcoming Nations League campaign.
La Roja's new head coach, Montse Tome will today name her squad for their first two international matches since winning the World Cup.
The word champions are due to play Sweden on September 22 and Switzerland on 26 in the inaugural women's Nations League, but many of the team's players may snub their selection.
According to Relevo, a virtual meeting took place at 9pm last night between the players 'to assess, as a team, what they would do if they were called up by Tome'.
The outlet reports that the meeting went on for three hours with players 'presenting al their arguments' as they considered not returning to the national team until 'there are deeper changes in the structure of the National Team and Spanish Football Association (RFEF).'
The meeting also reportedly included several of the 'Las 15' players who chose to self-exile themselves from an international call up last year, including seven players who also opted to omit their names from the 2023 World Cup squad.
Those names included Mapi León, Patri Guijarro, Claudia Pina, Lola Gallardo, Ainhoa Moraza, Amaiur Sarriegi and Nerea Eizagirre.
The 15 players wrote to the Spanish FA claiming they would not be available for selection while Vilda remained in his position. But the RFEF issued a strongly-worded statement in response, stating that the selected players had committed a 'very serious infraction' by refusing to play for the country.
The group of players who were involved in yesterday's meeting will, according to Relevo, 'communicate their decision to the Spanish
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