Spain can also be in the spotlight thanks to the results of its clubs and especially Real Madrid. Victorious in the Champions League for the 15th time in the spring, the capital team is represented by no less than five defensive midfielders or relay players out of the twenty preselected: the French Eduardo Camavinga and Aurélien Tchouaméni, the Uruguayan Federico Valverde, the Croatian veteran Luka Modric and German newly retired Toni Kroos. With 8 players, La Liga is the Championship which stands out the most in this category. There is also Ilkay Gündogan, present in the 2023 world team and who returned the opposite route between Barcelona and Manchester. The German is therefore also in the Premier League contingent (6), notably with two elements from Liverpool, who are flying through the Championship this season. But Ryan Gravenberch and Luke Mac Allister are not the most media-focused. Granit Xhaka and Robert Andrich (Leverkusen), Nicolo Barella and Hakan Çalhanoglu (Inter Milan) can also benefit from the collective performances of theirs.
