Few surprises as Brazil name World Cup squad

Source: ESPN

May 15, 2018 at 08:49

Few surprises as Brazil name World Cup squad

Manchester City supplied the most players to the team as Ederson, Danilo, Fernandinho and Gabriel Jesus each made the cut.

Brazil superstar Neymar headlines a 23-man World Cup squad which included few surprises as the Selecao seek a record sixth world title in Russia this summer. The Paris Saint-Germain forward has been recovering from right foot surgery in March but was among those confirmed to the team headed to the tournament on Monday. Brazil boss Tite had revealed a list of 15 players who were guaranteed a place in his World Cup squad back in February. However, that list was shortened a man last week when starting right-back Dani Alves was ruled out of the tournament after suffering a torn right ACL while playing for PSG. To cover Alves' absence on the right, Tite has called up Fagner of Corinthians and Manchester ...

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