Did you have hopes of being called up to the national team?
I've said it several times before and I don't want to have to repeat myself. I cannot go with the current national team coach. It's an important match. It would be a terrible failure if Spain didn't qualify for the 2008 Euro.

And Raúl...
Undoubtedly. It’s hard to understand. He may not have been in great form before, but he is better than ever now. Villa is injured... Raúl should be there. But this is just my opinion.

You talked to Schuster about your situation on the team this summer.
We never talked about reinforcements. We talked in order to get to know each other. He told me what he wanted of me and I said I would feel comfortable wherever I could help the team from.