The Spanish defender Luis Gayá left a message from Valencia with a certain tone of reproach for the decision of the coach, Luis Enrique Martínez, by doing without him for the Qatar 2022 World Cup "due to a slight sprain", destroying what he described as his "dreams as a child", and with the desire to settle the debate, he assured that, from now on, he will be "one more fan" of the national team.
"I want to thank you for all the messages of support that I have received in the last few hours. I honestly don't know if I deserve so much love. It is not easy to assimilate that one of your dreams as a child is ruined by a slight sprain. But the Things sometimes come like this and we must accept them," he wrote on his official account on social networks.
"Now I will be one more fan who will enjoy every match for La Roja. For this reason, I want to wish my teammates all the luck in the world, because I have no doubt that this is the World Cup in Spain. Life goes on," he added.
Gayá left the concentration of Spain at the University of Qatar on Friday night, the same day that in the morning he informed him of the decision he had made to replace him with Alejandro Balde for the World Cup due to the sprained ankle he suffered two days before. in a training
In the debut of Luis Enrique, the Spanish coach, as a 'streamer' from within the Red's concentration in Doha, he explained the decision to rule out Gayá due to his injury: "It was taking a lot of risks," said Luis Enrique for " the immediacy of the matches". "It's unpleasant to give that kind of news. It's a difficult day and I appreciate José's behavior, a great professional on the pitch and a great person. Life goes on and I have to accept him as a coach," he added.
Before getting on a plane to return to Spain, Gayá spoke about his departure: "I'm trying to assimilate this whole situation a bit. In the end this has been decided and I'm sure that the coach, as he said, does it for the good of the team," he acknowledged. "It is difficult, it is very hard. I am sad but proud to have fought over these years to be able to be in a World Cup. In the end it could not be and from here, as I have said, I wish them the best. They are a spectacular human group They have created an environment that I have never experienced in a team," he said crestfallen at the Doha airport.
