Earlier this week, reports from the Brazilian media revealed that Fulham star Andreas Pereira has rejected enjoying for Belgium 3 times.
It was mentioned that the Red Devils made a couple of makes an attempt to persuade him to characterize the nation the place he was born, and one of many approaches was fairly current. He turned them down, saying he needs a brand new probability to play for Brazil.
Well, that was now confirmed by Pereira himself. The Fulham participant gave Globo Esporte an extended interview, and introduced some particulars on why he’s not eager on enjoying for Belgium. According to him, regardless that he was not born in South America, his alternative is all for the 5 time World Cup champions.
“My dream is to play for the Brazilian national team, nothing has changed and nothing will change. He told me to think about it, see how it goes, but to put aside a childhood dream just to play for a national team and not feel good about it? I’m Brazilian, my family is Brazilian, and playing for a national team just to say I played for the national team doesn’t make any sense.
“I’m grateful to Belgium for everything it’s done for me, I grew up there, but I’m Brazilian and my dream is to play for Brazil. I’ll fight until the last minute for that to happen.”
Brazil now have a brand new supervisor, Dorival Junior, and as reported by the native media, he this week had a private assembly with Pereira to speak about his potential return to the squad. Now Globo Esporte requested the Fulham participant whether or not he’s anxious for the subsequent name up for the friendlies towards England and Spain.
“Every player gets anxious. Of course I’m going to watch, waiting for an opportunity. But I’ll go out onto the pitch with a cool head and knowing what I have to do. On the day, I’ll watch and pray for this chance to fulfil my dream.”