Real Madrid duo return to international duty after World Cup omission

Real Madrid duo return to international duty after World Cup omission Although club football came to a halt during this summer, as is the case every year, followers of the game still had a lot of action to follow as the 2026 World Cup took place in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Up to eleven Real Madrid players participated in the event with their respective national teams. However, this was still low by the Merengues’ standards, and they also did not have representation in the Spanish national team squad initially, although they signed Marc Cucurella before Spain started its World Cup campaign . One of the players who was surprisingly not called up by Luis de la Fuente for the World Cup was the defender Dean Huijsen, who, if he had been called up, would have brought another World Cup medal to the Santiago Bernabeu. However, as MARCA has reported, the Real Madrid center-back is now back with the reigning World and European champions, as he has been named in the squad announced by de la Fuente for the September international break. Marc Cucurella also remains a part of this list, and their team will be playing four games in the UEFA Nations League during this break, against England, twice against Croatia, and against the Czech Republic. Meanwhile, another high-profile Real Madrid player who did not participate in the World Cup was the fullback Trent Alexander-Arnold, as Thomas Tuchel overlooked him. Like Huijsen, Diario AS notes that he has also returned to his national team squad for the first international break following the World Cup. He will be facing Huijsen’s Spain, Croatia, and the Czech Republic twice, in the UEFA Nations League during this break. This is undoubtedly a reward for their good performances with Real Madrid at the start of the new season, and hopefully, both Dean Huijsen and Trent Alexander-Arnold will be able to impress their coaches and establish themselves as key players for their respective national sides.