Spanish legend Sergio Ramos has announced his retirement from international football. On his official Instagram account, Sergio Ramos declared his retirement from The Spain National Team. Ramos is not having a good time in international football. He was not part of Spain’s squad in the Qatar World Cup. In addition, Sergio Ramos was left out of the Euro 2020 squad.
The 36-year-old defender confirmed his retirement following a phone call with Spain’s head coach, Luis de la Fuente. Luis de la Fuente took charge of the national team after Luis Enrique’s failed mission in Qatar. However, Ramos is not in Luis de la Fuente’s plan. That is why Ramos sees no future on the national team and announced his retirement.
Statement from Sergio Ramos
Sergio Ramos posted a long statement on his verified Instagram account. He wrote, “The time has come, the time to say goodbye to the National Team, our beloved and exciting Red. This morning (Yesterday) I received the call from the current coach who told me that he doesn’t count and that he won’t count on me, regardless of the level I can show or how I continue my sporting career.”
After that, Ramos confirmed his retirement from the national team. He stated, “With great regret, it is the end of a journey that I hoped would be longer and that would end with a better taste in the mouth, on the height of all the successes we have achieved with our Red. Humbly, I think that career deserved to end because of a personal decision or because my performance was not up to what our National Team deserves, but not because of age or other reasons that, without having heard them, I have felt.”
Ramos thinks age is not a problem. He said, “Because being young or less young is not a virtue or a defect, it is only a temporary trait that is not necessarily related to performance or ability. I look with admiration and envy at Modric, Messi, Pepe. The essence, tradition, values, meritocracy and justice in football. Unfortunately it won’t be like that for me. Because football is not always fair, and football is never just football.”
However, Sergio Ramos has won everything in his footballing career. He was a part of Spain’s squad in 2010 when Spain won their first FIFA World Cup. Ramos also won five UCL titles at Real Madrid.
