Arsenal trio recalled by Brazil

Gabriel Jesus, Gabriel Magalhaes and Gabriel Martinelli have been recalled to the Brazil squad for upcoming World Cup qualifiers against Bolivia and Peru.

Jesus hasn’t featured for his country since the group stages of the World Cup in December. He was substituted in the second half of a 1-0 defeat to Cameroon in early December and later discovered he required surgery on a knee injury. He’s a late addition to Fernando Diniz’s squad after Manchester United’s Antony was dropped following assault claims by a former girlfriend.

Gabriel Magalhaes missed out on the Qatar campaign altogether with technical director Juninho explaining later that the defender’s absence was,in part, due to his earlier decision to turn down an international call-up to stay with his partner who was expecting their first child.

Martinelli’s inclusion is less of a surprise. He impressed at the World Cup but was rested for a match against Morocco in March and was injured when friendlies against Guinea and Senegal took place in June.

We wouldn’t be surprised if club photographers Stuart MacFarlane and David Price catch tumbleweed rolling across the pitches at London Colney this week. In total, Arsenal have 28 players called up for international duty; 17 from the first team and 11 from the academy.

First Team on duty x 17

Gabriel Magalhaes – Brazil
Gabriel Martinelli – Brazil
Gabriel Jesus – Brazil
Declan Rice – England
Bukayo Saka – England
Aaron Ramsdale – England
Eddie Nketiah – England
David Raya – Spain
Martin Odegaard – Norway
William Saliba – France
Takehiro Tomiyasu – Japan
Oleksandr Zinchenko – Ukraine
Kieran Tierney – Scotland
Kai Havertz – Germany
Jakub Kiwior – Poland
Leandro Trossard – Belgium
Karl Hein – Estonia

Academy on duty x 11

Brooke Norton-Cuffy – England under-21s
Charlie Patino – England under-21s
Reuell Walters – England under-20s
Amario Cozier-Duberry – England under-19s
Lino Sousa – England under-19s
Myles Lewis-Skelly – England under-18s
Ethan Nwaneri – England under-18s
Salah-Eddine Oulad M’Hand – Morocco under-23s
Ismail Oulad M’Hand – Morocco under-20s
Michal Rosiak – Poland under-19s
Chido Obi – Denmark under-17s

First Teamers Left At Colney

Jurrien Timber – injured
Cedric – not good
Emile Smith Rowe – no longer eligible for England under-21s
Mo Elneny – still working his way back to full fitness
Jorginho – not selected (!)
Fabio Vieira – no longer eligible for Portugal under-21s
Thomas Partey – injured
Reiss Nelson – dog training
Nicolas Pepe – who knows
Ben White – England naughty step