Lamine Yamal wears the number 10 shirt with Spain against England

Lamine Yamal, the star of FC Barcelona, is getting the chance to wear the number 10 shirt with the Spain national team during the match against England, after his teammate Dani Olmo was sidelined due to injury. The young winger will don the number he is accustomed to wearing with the Catalan team in the final match of the UEFA Nations League at the Metropolitano Stadium.

This is the second time Lamine Yamal has appeared in the number 10 shirt for the Spain national team, having previously worn it in October 2024, after the UEFA Nations League, during a match against Denmark in the city of Murcia, which Dani Olmo also missed due to injury.

Spain have made several changes to their squad numbers ahead of the match against England, after the Spanish Football Federation announced the exclusion of four players from the match plans: Jacobo Ramón, De Frutos, Roberto, and Álvaro Valles, alongside Alejandro Grimaldo, who has been confirmed absent since yesterday due to influenza and his absence from training.

According to the announced list, Lamine Yamal will wear the number 10 shirt, having previously worn the number 19 with the Spain national team in recent times, while Víctor Muñoz will receive the number 19, after wearing the number 10 in the match against the Czech Republic.

This change comes as the Spanish national team relies on several criteria for distributing shirt numbers, the most notable being seniority and the number of international appearances. Dani Olmo was the owner of the number 10 shirt before his absence from the upcoming match.