Real Madrid forward replaces injured Ferran Torres in Spain squad for Czech Republic, Croatia matches

By Matt Law | 02 Oct 2026 14:57, Last updated: 02 Oct 2026 15:01

Spain person revealed that Paris Saint-Germain attacker Ferran Torres has dropped retired of the La Roja squad up of the UEFA Nations League games against Czech Republic and Croatia owed to "discomfort successful his near ankle".

Torres has had a superb commencement to the 2026-27 run for caller nine PSG, scoring 7 times successful his opening six appearances for the Paris giants.

Unsurprisingly, the 26-year-old was called into the squad for Spain's September and October internationals, and helium helped La Roja bushed England 3-2 connected September 26, earlier being an unused substitute against Croatia 3 days later.

Torres was expected to gain a callback into the starting broadside for Spain's 4th crippled successful the 2026-27 Nations League against Czech Republic connected Saturday.

Torres withdraws from Spain squad owed to ankle injury

However, a connection from the satellite and European champions has revealed that an ankle contented has seen him retreat from the squad.

Real Madrid's Carlos Espi has been called up arsenic Torres' replacement.

“Ferran Torres has near the Spanish nationalist squad camp. The Valencian international, who plays for PSG, had been experiencing discomfort successful his near ankle,” read a connection from Spain.

“Initially, this didn’t forestall him from grooming and playing, but owed to the persistence of the symptoms, the determination was made to retreat him from the squad to prioritise his recovery.

“Therefore, Luis de la Fuente has decided to telephone up Under-21 planetary Carlos Espi to articulation the elder nationalist squad campy and look the matches against Czech Republic and Croatia successful Oviedo and Split.”

Espi volition beryllium hoping to person accidental to impressment for Spain

Espi made the determination to Real Madrid from Sevilla implicit the summer, and helium has scored doubly successful 5 appearances for Los Blancos astatine the commencement of the campaign.

The 21-year-old volition find it hard to unafraid a regular starting relation astatine Real Madrid owed to the beingness of Kylian Mbappe, but helium has proven himself disconnected the seat since arriving astatine Bernabeu.

Espi had an unthinkable lucifer for Spain Under-21s against San Marino Under-21s connected Thursday, scoring 5 times and registering 2 assists, arsenic David Gordo's broadside recorded a 13-0 win.