Spain coach Vicente del Bosque has made it clear that he is willing to call up 14 Barcelona players for the national side as he feels it would be in the best interests of the team.

The 61-year-old included eight of the Catalan side’s players for the friendly against Panama last month and he told Marca in an interview that he is willing to pick 14 next time.

“We took eight Barcelona players to Panama and [Carles] Puyol, [Gerard] Pique, Xavi and Thiago [Alcantara] were all missing,” Del Bosque said.

“[Cristian] Tello, who is one step away, wasn’t there either. And look how [Gerard] Deulofeu is coming on. If we need to call up 14 Barcelona players one day because they deserve it, we will not hesitate to do just that.

“However, Real Madrid also have a strong base of national players at the moment.”

Madrid have Iker Casillas, Alvaro Arbeloa, Raul Albiol, Sergio Ramos and Xabi Alonso in the Spain squad.

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