Spain national team coach Vicente del Bosque announced that he has finalised his list of 30 players for this summer's World Cup and has nearly decided on his final 23-man roster. Del Bosque revealed that much of the team will be holdovers from the Euro 2008 championship squad.
There are other youngsters that could yet receive opportunities, such as Atletico Madrid goalkeeper David De Gea. Barcelona goalkeeper, Victor Valdes, also received Del Bosque's praise. Del Bosque has already publicly declared that Iker Casillas is Spain's undisputed number one keeper while Pepe Reina is his backup.
Spain has three players over the 30-year-old mark in Joan Capdevila, Marcos Senna, and Carles Puyol and the Spanish coach highlighted the need to look for players to begin to fill those positions in the future. Some of the favourites mentioned in the press recently are Athletic Bilbao's Javi Martinez, Atletico Madrid's Alvaro Dominguez, and Espanyol's Victor Ruiz.
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