Carles Puyol does not believe a drastic overhaul of the Spain national team is necessary despite their failure at the FIFA World Cup.
Defending champions Spain endured a nightmare campaign in Brazil, losing two of their three Group B fixtures as they were eliminated at the first hurdle at the World Cup.
Spain's group-stage exit marked the first time the European nation had failed to reach the knockout phase since France 1998, when they culminated third behind Nigeria and Paraguay in Group D.
It additionally cast doubt over coach Vicente del Bosque and veterans such as Iker Casillas (33), Xavi (34), Andres Iniesta (30), Xabi Alonso (32) and David Villa (32).
Xavi and Spain's all-time leading scorer Villa have since promulgated their international retirements.
But former international advocator Puyol - capped 100 times by the national team - does not buy into the theory that major changes are needed ahead of their designation defence at the UEFA European Championships in 2016.
"I'm not a sizably voluminous fan of revolutions," Puyol told FIFA.com. "People proximately always call for them when a team that's triumphed a great deal goes a year without winning anything.
"For me, however, the experience gained in anterior victories is paramount.
"The reconstituting should be done in a quantified way, without undoing what has already been accomplished. As we verbalize in Catalan, you require to utilize seny (mundane sense).
"We have great players and, while some of them may have taken part in their last major competition, we should let them and the coach discuss the future, and not make rash decisions in the heat of the moment.
"I still believe that the current crop is very good and that there'll be top quality players in the years to come. Right now we have to be vigorous, look to the future and learn from our mistakes."
Spain's group-stage exit marked the first time the European nation had failed to reach the knockout phase since France 1998, when they culminated third behind Nigeria and Paraguay in Group D.
It additionally cast doubt over coach Vicente del Bosque and veterans such as Iker Casillas (33), Xavi (34), Andres Iniesta (30), Xabi Alonso (32) and David Villa (32).
Xavi and Spain's all-time leading scorer Villa have since promulgated their international retirements.
But former international advocator Puyol - capped 100 times by the national team - does not buy into the theory that major changes are needed ahead of their designation defence at the UEFA European Championships in 2016.
"I'm not a sizably voluminous fan of revolutions," Puyol told FIFA.com. "People proximately always call for them when a team that's triumphed a great deal goes a year without winning anything.
"For me, however, the experience gained in anterior victories is paramount.
"The reconstituting should be done in a quantified way, without undoing what has already been accomplished. As we verbalize in Catalan, you require to utilize seny (mundane sense).
"We have great players and, while some of them may have taken part in their last major competition, we should let them and the coach discuss the future, and not make rash decisions in the heat of the moment.
"I still believe that the current crop is very good and that there'll be top quality players in the years to come. Right now we have to be vigorous, look to the future and learn from our mistakes."
