Brahim Díaz arrived in Morocco causing a sensation and promising to do his best in the two friendlies later this month.
The Spanish daily Marca and other local media reported the move earlier this week. Spanish media said the national team’s lack of interest in Díaz played a role in his decision, with Morocco active in trying to recruit him.
Díaz was a regular in Spain’s youth squads, including some coached by De la Fuente.
He won his solitary senior cap, and scored a goal, in a 4-0 win over Lithuania in a June 2021 friendly match. The under-21 squad was called up for that game because senior players were isolating due to COVID-19.
FIFA, soccer’s world governing body, must process any request by a member federation for a player to change national-team eligibility, although Diaz is a routine case as he has never played a competitive senior game for Spain.
