Lamine Yamal will not be available for Spain's final World Cup qualifiers against Georgia and Turkey. He left the camp on Tuesday.
The Spanish FA RFEF announced that Barcelona's young star had been released from the camp after undergoing treatment on his damaged groin the previous day.
The apparently unannounced action of the 18-year-old and his club drew criticism from the RFEF. The association's medical staff were only informed late on Monday evening. In the interests of the player's health, it was decided to release him from the squad.
Yamal has been suffering from groin problems for some time and has missed five of his club's games in recent weeks. On Sunday, he was on the pitch for Barcelona's 4:2 win in Vigo. The Catalans had criticized the federation in September after Yamal was called up for the national team despite his injury.