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Yamal quits the national team! Football Association official dissatisfied, Barcelona counterattacked, the two sides exchanged fire in the air

4:00pm, 12 November 2025【Football】

There is another good show between Yamal, the Spanish Football Association and Barcelona. On November 11, the Spanish Football Association (Spain National Team) issued an announcement confirming Yamal's withdrawal from the current national team. In the words of the Football Association, it expressed its dissatisfaction with Barcelona. Barcelona counterattacked the Football Association, believing that the national team failed to protect Yamal.

18-year-old Yamal, wearing No. 10, is Barcelona’s new signature superstar. However, starting in September, Yamal frequently suffered from groin and pubic injuries, and was sidelined for a total of 5 weeks due to injuries. During the FIFA competition in November, Yamal was still selected for the national team, but Barcelona arranged invasive radiofrequency treatment for Yamal's pubic discomfort.

The conflict between the Spanish Football Association and Barcelona Club began.

The Football Association’s official announcement stated that on the day the national team assembled, the Football Association’s medical team learned that Yamal was undergoing treatment. Barcelona did not notify the Football Association's medical team in advance, which surprised and dissatisfied the Football Association. Yamal will be out for 7-10 days and miss Spain's two World Cup qualifying games.

Spanish coach De La Fuente publicly expressed his dissatisfaction with Barcelona's "private treatment" of Yamal, which resulted in his absence from the national team game: "I am shocked like everyone else. We were not notified in advance at all. I have never encountered this kind of thing before, and it obviously does not comply with the normal process." Western media revealed that De la Fuente had watched Yamal play for Barcelona before and thought Yamal was in excellent condition.

The Spanish Football Association and the national team coach are dissatisfied with Barcelona, ​​and Barcelona is also full of resentment towards the Football Association.

During the FIFA match in September, the Spanish Football Association's medical team gave Yamal a painkiller injection even though they knew that Yamal was unwell, allowing Barcelona to play against Turkey on the 10th. Barcelona coach Flick was furious, believing that Spain overused Yamal, which led to the aggravation and recurrence of Yamal's injuries, seriously affecting his condition and attendance rate. Barcelona board member Boyan said bluntly that we must protect Yamal.

During this FIFA competition, Barcelona arranged for Yamal to receive treatment from famous doctors in advance without notifying the Spanish Football Association and the national team in advance. In Barcelona's view, the club should protect the players and consider their health. Yamal has always had pain in his pubic bone and should not have been selected for the national team to compete in the World Cup preliminaries despite the injury. After all, Yamal's salary bonus is paid by the Barcelona club, not the Football Association.

"AS" pointed out that the conflict between Barcelona Club and the Spanish Football Association was very serious. Barcelona coach Flick and Spanish coach De La Fuente also exchanged fire from a distance. Under the tense situation, Spanish Football Federation Chairman Luzan and Barcelona Chairman Laporta had to hold urgent consultations to try to eliminate conflicts and calm down the conflict.