Fati in but Thiago and De Gea left out of Spain World Cup squad

La Roja have gone with youth for this year's tournament. 

Spain's coach Luis Enrique gestures during a press conference for the unveiling of the official list of Spain's players for the football 2022 World Cup in Qatar at the Las Rozas football sports city near Madrid, on November 11, 2022. (Photo by Pierre-Philippe Marcou / AFP) (Photo by PIERRE-PHILIPPE MARCOU/AFP via Getty Images)

Spain included Barcelona’s Ansu Fati but left out the Liverpool midfielder Thiago Alcântara and Manchester United goalkeeper David de Gea from their World Cup squad.

Fati, 20, made his international debut in 2020 at 17 and in his second game became the youngest player to score for Spain. But the forward is fighting back from four surgeries to repair an injury to his left knee, sustained in November 2020.