Three of the 15 Spain players who staged a mutiny have returned to the squad in time for the World Cup
The Ballon d’Or winner Alexia Putellas has also been included in the preliminary list of 30 for Australia and New Zealand having finally overcome the knee injury that forced her to miss the European Championship last summer, as has Irene Paredes who first returned to the national team after a seven-month absence in March. Neither Putellas nor Paredes had sent the letter but both supported those who had.
The Spain coach, Jorge Vilda, gave no explanation for their continued absence and refused to discuss the conversations that have taken place over the past nine months or confirm whether the returnees had apologised, but described the squad as being made up of those who are “committed”. Vilda said he would not get into “hypothesis” over who he would have selected had they all been available, saying he decided once he had “all the cards on the table”. He also insisted that the federation had been “open to dialogue” and declared the issue was “practically resolved”, although he admitted “a few details” remained.
The 15 players simultaneously sent identical letters to the federation in September last year, insisting that the situation within the national team had affected their health and mental state and they would not return until there was a solution.
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