Silva withdraws from Spain squad due to injury

Valencia midfielder David Silva on Tuesday withdrew from Spain’s squad for their upcoming World Cup qualifiers against Bosnia and Armenia due to a left ankle injury, Spanish media reported.

Spain coach Vicente Del Bosque will not replace the 22-year-old who was ruled out of the squad following tests at a Madrid clinic on his injury, the online edition of daily newspaper El Mundo reported.

Silva will be the squad’s second big absence. Del Bosque on Monday tipped Barcelona striker Bojan Krkic to replace Liverpool’s Fernando Torres who pulled a hamstring during a weekend English Premiership match.

Silva and Torres were two of the squad’s best players during Euro 2008 which was won by Spain.

Spain will face Bosnia on Saturday in Murcia and Armenia four days later in Albacete.

It will be the team’s first competitive matches since winning the European tournament in June. Del Bosque has since replaced Luis Aragones who joined Turkish side Fenerbahce.