I know what I'll do [with the goalkeeper position], but I don't want it to be known. I'm clear about tomorrow. Gerard Moreno picked up a knock in Villarreal's final game before the international break but has still joined up with the Spain squad, so will he be able to play in any of La Roja 's three World Cup qualifiers? Pedri could be in line to make his Spain debut, and widespread comparisons have already been made with another legendary Spanish midfielder in Andres Iniesta.
I understand the relationship, but Pedri must look like Pedri ," Luis Enrique stated. Another player that has received a call-up by Luis Enrique is Bryan Gil , who has been shining on loan at Eibar from Sevilla. From the first chat: calm, mature He brings a lot of attacking ability with his right foot or with his natural foot," he said.
He's going to do the same [with Spain ] as in his team. I have no doubts. Sanchez was overlooked by Spain at youth level - "I remember the first call I had with them, they told me they didn't even know I was here, I was that young when I left," he says - but he now counts his boyhood idol as an international team-mate.
A player previously courted by England, for whom he is also eligible, received his first Spain call-up in March and has featured in every squad since, making his debut as a substitute in the recent win over Georgia while De Gea watched on from the bench.
Spain boss Luis Enrique rates Sanchez highly and he is not alone. Since his breakthrough last season, he has started 34 consecutive Premier League games, helping Brighton keep 14 clean sheets, commanding his area superbly and earning plaudits for his distribution.
This season, he has conceded only five goals in eight games. Only one - Illan Meslier - has completed more passes. Sanchez is indebted to Graham Potter for giving him his chance - "he is an unbelievable manager and we are so lucky to have him," he says - but nobody, not even Potter, has played a bigger role in his rise to prominence than the club's goalkeeping coach Ben Roberts.
The challenge for him is to be playing in the Premier League and deal with what that throws at you, which he has done really well so far. Sanchez exudes calm now but it is not so long ago that he was crying down the phone to Roberts after making a costly error in one of his first appearances on loan at Forest Green Rovers in League Two. But if you have a good game in the next game, they will forget about it. I just have to get back to that level where I'm in the zone.
Sanchez initially resisted the idea of going on loan, believing he was already good enough to break into Brighton's first-team, but his time at Forest Green taught him humility and it was followed by an even more valuable spell with Rochdale in League One. The second loan was massive for me. It taught me a lot of things.
Sanchez won praise for his performances in cup games against Manchester United and Newcastle that season - "he looked right at home on that sort of stage," one Rochdale coach told Sky Sports in March - and when he returned to Brighton in the summer of , he was deemed ready for a run at the number one shirt.
Soon enough, it was his. Sanchez made his Premier League debut in a defeat to Tottenham last November and Ryan was duly dispatched on loan to Arsenal in January. A few weeks later, in February, Sanchez was handed a new four-and-a-half-year contract. They would come to my games and come to see me training.
But when I left, they just had to count on me to do well, to try to make the dream come true knowing one day I might get released and go back home. His family have seen how far he has come but not the hours of work that have gone into honing his game on the training pitch.
I'm really calm and I can play every single type of pass, using different techniques. I just listened to my coaches and practiced, practiced, practiced. That's what go me to this level. I come for crosses and try to stop cut-backs. Most goals, unless the striker puts it in the top bins, are scored because the positioning of the goalkeeper is not good. They've got the power, the ability and the speed to make saves.
So if they don't, and a goal looks easy, it's almost always because of positioning. If you're still moving when he shoots, you ain't getting there. Being set allows you to move quickly.
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