Gabriel Magalhaes On Being Left Out By Brazil

Arsenal’s Gabriel Magalhaes has reacted to Brazil leaving him out of the Qatar FIFA World Cup as he was snubbed from the final 28 man shortlist.

Gabriel Magalhaes, a defender for Arsenal, wrote a mysterious comment in response to not being selected for Brazil’s 2022 FIFA World Cup team.

The 26-man team for Qatar that Brazil manager Tite revealed on Monday included a number of Premier League stars.

Richarlison of Everton, Thiago Silva of Chelsea, Gabriel Jesus of Arsenal, and Gabriel Martinelli of Arsenal are other Premier League players who made the team, however Roberto Firmino of Liverpool was left off.

While this season’s strong efforts by Magalhaes have propelled Arsenal to the top of the English Premier League standings, he was not included in the team.

The 24-year-old, who has yet to make his senior Brazil debut, was passed over in favor of Thiago Silva of Chelsea, Marquinhos of Paris Saint-Germain, Eder Militao of Real Madrid, and Bremer of Juventus.

Magalhaes has yet to make a clear statement on the situation, but immediately after the team was revealed, the center defender answered a fan on his Instagram story.

Reposting a message that read: “I saw you grow up in football, brother. You are the pride of our neighbourhood.” Magalhaes added a heart and fist-bump emoji to the caption.

Magalhaes has also shown support for several of his colleagues’ social media postings commemorating their own call-ups, such as Jesus’, who shared a video montage of his career highlights with the captain “Inexplicable.”

Though the Arsenal defender showed support for his compatriots being given call ups to the World Cup, he will surely be disappointed being left out, like fellow Brazilian, Roberto Firmino of Liverpool who too wasn’t called up into the squad.