For Spain, there will be no Thiago, Pedri, or Real Madrid players. Coach Luis Enrique left Fornals recalled Thiago
Pablo Fornals of West Ham United, who last represented Spain in 2018, and Raul Albiol of Villarreal, who last represented Spain in 2019, were also called up.
Alcantara and Pedri out of a new-look Spain team for their World Cup qualifiers on Thursday, with no Real Madrid players named.
Luis Enrique made seven changes to his Euro 2020 squad, calling up Valencia midfielder Carlos Soler and Braga forward Abel Ruiz for the first time.
Pablo Fornals of West Ham United, who last represented Spain in 2018, and Raul Albiol of Villarreal, who last represented Spain in 2019, were also called up.
Sergio Ramos was unavailable due to injury, as were Olympic silver medalists Pau Torres, Dani Olmo, and Mikel Oyarzabal.
After 75 games in all competitions for club and country since the start of last season, Pedri, 18, has been handed time off by his club Barcelona.
Thiago, on the other hand, is yet to start a Premier League game for Liverpool this season.
Spain has three World Cup qualifiers in Group B, beginning on September 2 with a trip to Sweden, then hosting Georgia three days later and then visiting Kosovo on September 8.
Spain leads the group with seven points after three games, one point ahead of Sweden, who has six points after two games.
SQUAD:
Unai Simon (Athletic Bilbao), David de Gea (Manchester United), and Robert Sanchez are the goalkeepers (Brighton & Hove Albion)
Defenders: Jordi Alba (Barcelona), Jose Gaya (Valencia), Cesar Azpilicueta (Chelsea), Marcos Llorente (Atletico Madrid), Eric Garcia (Barcelona), Aymeric Laporte (Man City), Inigo Martinez (Athletic Bilbao), Raul Albiol (Athletic Bilbao), Aymeric Laporte (Man City), Raul Albiol ( (Villarreal)
Barcelona’s Sergio Busquets, Manchester City’s Rodri, Atletico Madrid’s Koke, Real Sociedad’s Mikel Merino, Valencia’s Carlos Soler, and Braiz Mendez are among the midfielders (Celta Vigo)
Forwards: Pablo Fornals (West Ham), Pablo Sarabia (Paris Saint-Germain), Ferran Torres (Manchester City), Adam Traore (Wolves), Alvaro Morata (Juventus), Gerard Moreno (Villarreal), Abel Ruiz (Villarreal) (Braga)
