5 Premier League players who may not make Spain's World Cup squad

#2 Pedro Rodriguez (Chelsea)

Pedro has had a forgettable season and will be nowhere near the World Cup squad

It is difficult to say which ex-Barcelona but current Chelsea player has had a bigger fall from grace to grass: Pedro or teammate Cesc Fabregas.

As one of the very few Spanish wingers who were semi-regular for a top club in the last years of the Del Bosque era, the 30-year-old was one of the first names on the former Real Madrid manager's team sheet as his directness and pace offered the team an outlet for stretching the opposition and attacking in a style different from its usual death-by-a-thousand-passes.

Pedro played a starring role for the Blues last season as his consistent goalscoring, assists, running and general team play helped the team immensely in its record-breaking campaign which ended in its winning the Premier League title.

The emergence of players like Marco Asensio and Lucas Vázquez (Real Madrid), José Callejón (Napoli) as well as other young wing talents like Iñaki Williams (Athletic Bilbao) means the Chelsea man is no longer guaranteed a place in the Spanish set-up.

His performances this season have been abysmal as he has offered little to his club's defence of the title they won last season. It will come as a major shock if he gets anywhere near the team going to Russia for the World Cup.