Particularly exciting over the last few months has been the way that several young talents have stepped up in this Spain squad, too. Vicky Lopez, for example, took Bonmati’s place in the starting line-up for the home leg of the Nations League final and she repaid Bermudez’s faith with the second goal in the 3-0 win that clinched the title.
As World Cup qualifying has begun, and kinder fixtures against teams like Ukraine and Iceland have come up on the calendar, Bermudez has leaned into the pipeline further. Having coached throughout the youth set-up, the 41-year-old is well-aware of just how good the teams feeding into La Roja are, and she has acted to promote the likes of Aiara Agirrezabala and Clara Serrajordi, who both ranked in the top 10 in GOAL‘s 2026 Women’s NXGN listinto her squad. Serrajordi in particular was impressive when given a first start against Ukraine last month, having also shown maturity beyond her years in a 25-minute cameo against Sweden in October.
Other new names like Edna Imade, the 25-year-old Bayern Munich forward who has two goals in four caps, and Lucia Corrales, who left Barcelona for London City Lionesses for a significant fee in the summer, have broken into the squad on a regular basis and freshened things up.
