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Claudio Bravo has pulled out of the Chile squad after they refused his request to appoint his old goalkeeping coach to the national team.

The Manchester City goalkeeper was in the squad named by new Chile coach Reinaldo Rueda to play friendly internationals in Sweden and Denmark next week.

But he pulled out, citing a family commitment and also saying there were technical reasons which he had explained to the Chilean FA.

“I was worried about something that was very important to me – my preparation and work, the reasons for which the federation are aware,” he tweeted.

It was revealed that Bravo wanted Julio Rodriguez, his old coach from Colo Colo, appointed to the national team, a request which was refused.

President of the Chilean FA Arturo Salah responded by saying: “The nominations of the people who are going to work are done by the technical bodies, and that is the way it should be, it is important that the players respect the roles, otherwise the activity is very bad.”