Yamal withdrew from the October squad because of the injury but was expected to be part of November\u2019s group, with De la Fuente publicly confirming he did not believe there were any fresh concerns<\/a> about his fitness.<\/p>\n Now, however, the RFEF have confirmed Yamal\u2019s withdrawal from the squad as they appeared to accuse Barcelona<\/a> of going behind their backs to get a new diagnosis for the winger.<\/p>\n FREE NEWSLETTER. New SI FC Newsletter Global Embed. Sign Up to Get Informed With SI FC. dark<\/p>\n Yamal has been playing through the pain barrier. \/ Bruno Penas\/Quality Sport Images\/Getty Images<\/p>\n \u201cThe Medical Services of the RFEF wish to express their surprise and displeasure after learning at 13:47 on Monday, November 10, the day of the start of the official training camp with the national team, that player Lamine Yamal had undergone an invasive radiofrequency procedure for the treatment of his pubic discomfort that same morning,\u201d a statement read<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cThis procedure was carried out without prior communication to the medical staff of the National Team, with knowledge of the details only through a report received at 22:40 last night, which indicated the medical recommendation of rest for 7\u201310 days.<\/p>\n \u201cGiven this situation, and prioritizing at all times the health, safety and well-being of the player, the Royal Spanish Football Federation has made the decision to release the athlete from the current call-up.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are confident that he will recover well and wish him a speedy and full recovery.\u201d<\/p>\n Yamal\u2019s absence is a big blow for Spain. \/ Ozan Kose\/AFP\/Getty Images<\/p>\n News of Yamal\u2019s withdrawal from the Spain squad comes shortly after reports from SPORT<\/a> and Mundo Deportivo<\/a> revealed Barcelona had spoken with an international specialist for an outside opinion on Yamal\u2019s fitness.<\/p>\n Belgian surgeon Ernest Schilders, a specialist in pubic and adductor injuries, was flown into Barcelona to meet with team doctor Ricard Pruna to discuss Yamal\u2019s condition and how Barcelona should proceed.<\/p>\n The report claims Schilders was satisfied with the club\u2019s plan for Yamal, praising medical staff for catching the issue early and limiting the prospect of long-term damage.<\/p>\n Yamal is expected back in action by the time the international break comes to a close. Barcelona host Athletic Club, potentially at Camp Nou<\/a>, on Nov. 22, before a trip to Chelsea<\/a> in the Champions League<\/a> three days later.<\/p>\n READ THE LATEST BARCELONA NEWS, TRANSFER RUMORS AND MORE<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) have confirmed Lamine Yamal\u2019s withdrawal from the squad for their November internationals…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":276203,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[49,48,561,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-276202","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-soccer","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=276202"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276202\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/276203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=276202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=276202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=276202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/p>\n
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