Diego Costa, Mata, Carzola out of Spain's Euro 2016 squad

– Spain coach Vicente Del Bosque has
announced his Euro 2016 squad

– Juan Mata, Santi Carzola and Diego Costa are
not included in the squad

– Spain play three warm up matches before
the tournament proper
Coach Vincente Del Bosque has dropped a host of
Premier League stars for Spain’s provisional 25-
man squad for Euro 2016.

Manchester United’s Juan Mata, Arsenal’s Santi
Cazorla and Chelsea’s Diego Costa have all been
dropped after below par seasons while the likes
of Chelsea’s Pedro Rodriguez and Cesar
Azpilicueta and Manchester United’s David de Gea
were chosen.


Diego Costa and Santi Carzola tackle themselves
in training
De Gea would be joined in the goalkeeping
department by Sergio Rico and Iker Casillas,
despite the latter’s mistake-prone season at
Porto.

Fernando Torres was another notable omission,
for Spain as they play three warm-up matches for
the tournament later this month and at the start
of next – against Bosnia & Herzegovina, South
Korea and Georgia.

Spain kick off their Euro campaign against the
Czech Republic on Monday 13 June. They face
Turkey that Friday, before ending their group
campaign against Croatia on Tuesday 21 June.

Juan Mata would not be going for Euro 2016

Full squad

Goalkeepers: David de Gea (Manchester United),
Sergio Rico (Sevilla), Iker Casillas​ (Porto).

Defenders: Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid), Gerard
Pique (Barcelona), Dani Carvajal (Real Madrid),
Jordi Alba (Barcelona), Marc Bartra (Barcelona),
Cesar Azpilicueta (Chelsea), Mikel San Jose
(Athletic Bilbao), Juanfran (Atletico Madrid).

Midfielders: Bruno Soriano (Villarreal), Sergio
Busquets (Barcelona), Koke (Atletico Madrid),
Thiago (Bayern Munich), Andres Iniesta
(Barcelona), Isco (Real Madrid), David Silva
(Manchester City), Pedro (Chelsea), Cesc Fabregas
(Chelsea), Saul Niguez (Atletico Madrid).

Forwards: Aritz Aduriz (Athletic Bilbao), Nolito
(Celta Vigo), Alvaro Morata (Juventus), Lucas
Vasquez (Real Madrid).