2023-06-02 15:07:01
This is a new face in the list of 23 Spanish players called up for the League of Nations. Robin Le Normand, a 26-year-old French central defender recently naturalized, was called up for the first time with La Roja this Friday to play in the final phase of the League of Nations scheduled for June 14 to 18 in the Netherlands.
Born in Pabu, in Côtes-d’Armor, and trained at Stade Brestois, the Real Sociedad player, who obtained Spanish nationality on May 24, was therefore called up by coach Luis de la Fuente for the semi-final. against Italy on June 15 in Enschede. If successful, Spain would meet the Netherlands or Croatia in the final on June 18. Robin Le Normand is following the same path as Aymeric Laporte, naturalized before Euro 2021. The latter, defender of Manchester City, has 20 selections in the Iberian jersey and is also part of the list.
The selection of Le Normand, who has been playing at Real Sociedad since 2016 (assured of 4th place in La Liga, qualifying for the Champions League), is anything but a surprise. Asked about the latter, Didier Deschamps replied: “It is his freedom. He has taken steps with the Spanish federation. Robin is one of the players who have an atypical background. We had been following him for quite a while. He is not a player who plays in a big European club, and he does not take up much space in the media space. He has been performing very well for several seasons. It’s his choice. I wish him the best with the Spanish selection. “An outing that did not please Real Sociedad which had published this tweet:” Humility is one of the qualities of champions. La Real have already been champions and have great champions. »
Note also the return of Juan Bernat to this list for the League of Nations. The PSG defender hasn’t played for Spain since November 2019.
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