The 24-year-old Norwich City player has represented his country at Under-19 level and hopes his work on the pitch will speak for itself and eventually get him selected for the national senior side.

He told FourFourTwo magazine: “I want to play for Spain. I played before.

“It will be difficult, but I want to do it and I want to play in the Premier League.

“I need to keep working hard – that’s the most important thing.

“When each day passes, tomorrow you wake up and say, ‘OK, I am better than yesterday’ – better person, better player. Every day, I need to go step by step.”

Borja’s season has been hampered after he was given a six-match ban in January when he was deemed to have spat at Sunderland’s Chris Mepham, and he was disappointed to let his teammates down.

He said: “I said sorry to the team and to the player.

“When they called me and said I couldn’t play for six matches, I was like, ‘S*** Borja, what did you do? You were the top scorer and you were winning games for the team.’

“It wasn’t all about me – I was an important player for the team.”

Before his ban, the winger scored 15 times in his first 18 Championship fixtures but admitted he didn’t “expect” to prove so lethal in front of goal.

He said: “I didn’t expect that. I expect to score goals, assist and play well, and last year I scored goals too, but not as many as this season.

“I don’t say, ‘Come on, you need to score more.’ That’s not my attitude.

“I just think that when I play and I enjoy it, goals and assists will come. The most important thing is to help the team.”