MADRID: Sergio Ramos retired from worldwide obligation with Spain on Thursday, saying new coach Luis de la Fuente informed him he didn’t depend on him.
The Paris Saint-Germain defender, who gained the 2010 World Cup and 2008 and 2012 European Championship with La Roja, final performed for Spain in March 2021.
Ramos, who turns 37 in March, printed an open letter on social media by which he indicated the brand new coach pressured his hand.
“The time has come, the time to say goodbye to the national team, our beloved and exciting Roja,” wrote Ramos.
“This morning I acquired a name from the present coach who informed me that he doesn’t and won’t depend on me, whatever the stage I can present or how I proceed my profession.
“With much sorrow, it is the end of a journey that I hoped would be longer and that would end with a better taste in my mouth, at the height of all the successes we have achieved with our Roja.”
Ramos performed 180 occasions for Spain, making extra appearances than every other participant within the nation’s historical past.
Despite recovering from damage and constructing kind with PSG Luis Enrique didn’t name him up for the Qatar 2022 World Cup.
De la Fuente changed Luis Enrique in December after Spain crashed out of the World Cup in opposition to Morocco within the final 16.
Spain’s subsequent matches are qualifiers for Euro 2024 in March in opposition to Norway and Scotland.
“I humbly believe that this career deserved to end because of a personal decision or because my performance was not up to what our national team deserves, but not because of my age or other reasons that, without having heard them, I have felt,” continued Ramos.
The defender highlighted different veteran gamers nonetheless thriving, together with PSG team-mate Lionel Messi, who gained the World Cup final yr with Argentina at 35.
“Because being young or less young is not a virtue or a defect, it is just a temporary characteristic that is not necessarily related to performance or ability,” added Ramos.
He referred to Messi and two former Real Madrid team-mates, Croatia’s Luka Modric, who’s 37, and Portugal’s Pepe, 39, who all performed on the World Cup.
“I look with admiration and envy at Modric, Messi, Pepe… the essence, custom, values, meritocracy and justice in soccer.
“Unfortunately it will not be like that for me, because football is not always fair and football is never just football.”