Del Bosque had selected the 18-year-old for his first squad as coach, although the youngster failed to make his international debut against Denmark in mid-August and was dropped from Del Bosque's second squad, named last Friday.

However, the hamstring strain suffered by Fernando Torres on Sunday has given the youngster a second chance.

Torres pulled up midway through the first half of Liverpool's 0-0 draw away to Aston Villa and will be out of action for around two weeks, causing Del Bosque to promote Bojan from the Under-21 squad, which he had been training with.

He will now compete with Dani Guiza and David Villa for a place in the starting 11 and should he made his debut, it will also serve to end any possibility of him playing for Serbia, where his father was born.