Mourinho: Injured Fabregas cannot join Spain squad

The Chelsea manager says that his midfielder played through the pain barrier against Liverpool, while revealing Ramires also was not in perfect condition

Jose Mourinho has warned that Cesc Fabregas and Ramires "cannot" join Spain's squad for the upcoming international window as he played with an injury in Chelsea's 2-1 Premier League win at Liverpool on Saturday.

Fabregas is suffering with a hamstring injury while Ramires is battling an adductor problem, leaving the Portuguese coach to take a "gamble" on the duo in the clash with last season's runners-up.

Mourinho has also risked another injury war with Vicente del Bosque, following a very public fall-out over Diego Costa's involvement, by insisting that Fabregas should not join up with la Roja for their upcoming fixtures against Belarus and Germany.

"No he can't go," Mourinho told reporters. "Well he can if he wants, but he can't.

He added, regarding Chelsea's performance: "The team as a team, players as individuals, I think all of them gave a great performance and had the game under control.

"One point at Anfield, which normally every team would accept as a fantastic result, the team didn't accept that and came out in the second half to win the game so I'm really, really pleased.

"Every player was fantastic, but I need to tell you about Fabregas and Ramires. They both played injured. Maybe we will lose them for a match or two but they put themselves out there for the team.

"I think it's fair for me to give a word to Ramires and Fabregas and also to my medical department.

"The medical department did fantastic work on them and they were fantastic to resist the problems that they had.

"Fabregas, in this moment, I think maybe is a problem for the next match because we gambled everything on a hamstring problem and the medical department took the risk together with me, so a special word for them and for Ramires and Fabregas.

"Ramires' is the same adductor injury. He knew it was important I started with him, and Fabregas is a fantastic professional. He gambled."