For most countries, 23 squad places are enough to provide national-team managers with every option, every trait they could possibly want during a major tournament. Some countries even struggle to fill that many spots with players of a suitable caliber. Not in Spain’s case, though. Manager Vicente del Bosque could do with double that number.
Indeed, no nation is stacked with as many top-class players as La Furia Roja right now. They could take a second-string side to this summer’s European Championship and still compete for the prize on offer at the Stade de France on July 10.