{"id":12816,"date":"2026-04-27T18:19:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T18:19:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/12816\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T18:19:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T18:19:09","slug":"barcelona-midfielder-still-hopeful-of-securing-a-place-in-the-spain-world-cup-squad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/12816\/","title":{"rendered":"Barcelona midfielder still hopeful of securing a place in the Spain World Cup squad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While Barcelona\u2019s season could have gone much nicer during the second half of the campaign, it was yet another season of positives for Hansi Flick\u2019s men.<\/p>\n<p>One of the key positives was the return of Gavi from injury. The Spaniard started slowly but has now returned to the thick of things and is increasingly becoming a viable option for the Catalans.<\/p>\n<p>With five matches still remaining before the season ends, Gavi is looking for a strong end to the campaign, as he makes an ambitious attempt to become a part of the World Cup squad.<\/p>\n<p>Gavi\u2019s big goal this summer<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marca.com\/futbol\/barcelona\/2026\/04\/27\/sueno-gavi.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">MARCA<\/a>, Gavi has made no secret of his desire to be part of Spain\u2019s squad for this summer\u2019s World Cup and his recent form is making it increasingly difficult for Luis de la Fuente to ignore him.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/fc-barcelona-v-atletico-de-madrid-uefa-champions-league-2025-26-quarter-final-first-leg-3-2-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"Gavi of FC Barcelona\" class=\"wp-image-196846\"  \/>Gavi has been in terrific form lately. (Photo by Eric Alonso\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>The Spaniard has started Barcelona\u2019s last four matches, producing consistently impressive numbers throughout. <\/p>\n<p>Against Atletico Madrid in the Champions League first leg, he replaced Pedri at half-time and completed 32 of 33 passes. He then earned a starting spot for the derby against Espanyol, completing 40 accurate passes across 64 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Hansi Flick has also shown immense faith in the midfielder, most notably in the second leg Champions League clash against Atletico Madrid. It was a must-win game, where Gavi played 81 minutes, completing 91% of his passes while winning five of eight duels. <\/p>\n<p>Flick has been quite vocal about Gavi\u2019s improvement as well, stating that he has been a different player since his return from injury. <\/p>\n<p>However, the competition for midfield spots in the Spain squad is fierce, with up to 13 players vying for six or seven positions. But Gavi\u2019s form right now, <a href=\"https:\/\/barcauniversal.com\/barcelona-midfield-ace-making-a-case-for-spot-in-spain-world-cup-squad\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">nothing can be ruled out<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"While Barcelona\u2019s season could have gone much nicer during the second half of the campaign, it was yet&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12817,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[92,222,223,728,17,369],"class_list":{"0":"post-12816","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-spain","8":"tag-barcelona","9":"tag-barcelona-news","10":"tag-fc-barcelona","11":"tag-gavi","12":"tag-spain","13":"tag-world-cup"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12816","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12816"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12816\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}