Real Madrid coach Bernd Schuster was delighted to see Ruben de la Red win a place in the Spain squad this week.
De la Red, who left Real last summer for Getafe, has been linked with a return to Madrid for next season and Schuster said: "The development of a player only happens when he plays, it is his advantage that this season with Getafe he has been able to play an amount of games that with Real Madrid was impossible.
"It does not surprise me that Ruben is in the Spain squad."