Spain and Belgium announce squads for Euro 2024

Former Newcastle United and Leicester City forward Ayoze Perez was one of the surprise names in a Spain squad that will travel to Germany with eight attackers

Spain manager Luis de la Fuente gestures on the touchline

Spain manager Luis de la Fuente left Barcelona's 17-year-old defender Pau Cubarsi and midfielders Marcos Llorente and Aleix Garcia out of his 26-man squad for the European Championship on Friday.

Cubarsi's consistency and ability to play the ball out from the back made him one of the breakout players in LaLiga this season. Yet that was not enough to earn him a spot at Euro 2024 as De la Fuente decided to stick with a more seasoned group of centre backs in Robin Le Normand, Nacho Fernandez, Aymeric Laporte and Dani Vivian.