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Chelsea's Fabregas: I'm fully committed to Spain

Chelsea midfielder Cesc Fabregas has denied claims that he is not committed to the Spain national team.

Real Madrid defender Sergio Ramos recently questioned Fabregas' commitment to La Furia Roja but the 27-year old has defended himself regarding his national team status.

Ramos referred to absent Blues stars Fabregas and Diego Costa when speaking about Spain's recent Euro2016 qualifier against Belarus and friendly with Germany and the former Arsenal captain took offence at the words from the veteran right-back.

"Yes, I felt like he was alluding to me," Fabregas told Spanish radio station Cadena Cope.

"I hate that someone doubts my commitment. I have played many games (for Spain) and have joined the national team many times without playing.

"I've played a total of 94 games for Spain, I've been going for nine years, always. And with a big smile.

"I already told Sergio what I thought about his comments. I told him that we played together since the U21s and there was no need for him to send messages through the press.

"I said to him that he could call me up and tell it to my face. Everything is clear now and that's what we had to do, to speak.

"We spoke on the phone and everything is fine."

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