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Chelsea striker Diego Costa is carrying a knock and was unable to take part in the main training session on Wednesday, instead was seen doing exercises on his own with two members of the coaching team.

The 28-year-old also missed Tuesday’s training session, calling into question his availability for the match against Macedonia over the weekend.

Spain’s coach, Julen Lopetegui’s preparations for Saturday’s World Cup Qualifying match against Macedonia have suffered a blow after it emerged Diego Costa trained separately from the rest of the group, and is going to miss the game against Macedonia, and is likely to miss the game against England as well.