He was mentioned during March as an injured player who would otherwise have been in consideration for the call up.
https://ge.globo.com/futebol/seleca...is-visando-convocacao-para-copa-america.ghtml Details on the staff's visit to Europe. This time they will be covering Italy as well (as I speculated when the last call up came out without some names). The article indicates only 23 players will be called up for the friendlies. In total, the team will be together for 3 weeks before the first match of Copa America. UEFA is expanding the Euro rosters to 26. I haven't seen any indication CONMEBOL will do the same, but I think it would be a positive.
Most players that were injured long term, or just not available in March, are back in action. Even Caio Henrique, who hasn't played yet, has been available off the bench in the last couple of Monaco matches. But it looks like Ederson is injured again and might be out for the remainder of the season for Man City, pending confirmation. He left today's match with his arm in a sling. Obviously Militão and Alisson will be part of the convocação. Wouldn't be surprised to see Vanderson as a new name that wasn't available in March. Besides those, who knows. I hope Caio Henrique gets called, but other positions are much deeper so even players who were specifically mentioned by Dorival might not have a spot.
Caio Henrique, who I mentioned has been back for a couple of weeks, got subbed in today in the 90th minute. I think that's his first match since injury. Joelinton is also back from injury and got about 15 minutes as a sub. Andres Perreira left injured today. Hopefully nothing too serious. Biggest games of course are the upcoming CL semi final second legs. Real Madrid rested starters today with Vini just getting some late minutes.
Convocação tomorrow. Since it's for Copa America I'll post here first: https://www.bigsoccer.com/threads/copa-america-2024-usa.2124465/#post-42205650
Two notes from UOL articles about the upcoming call-up: Gabriel Jesus and Martinelli are unlikely. Jesus makes sense to me. He's had quite a drop off and used mostly as a sub recently. At first I thought Martinelli should at least have a much better chance, but objectively he's kind of in the same place. Lately he's been a sub and hasn't had the impact he did before. I still think he would be a good call-up, but it's understandable. Another consideration is if Dorival moves towards 2 up front there might be fewer spots for forwards. The other article says that the staff met with Rodinei specifically. It doesn't go so far as to say he will be on the list, but does lead you to believe the meeting might be a sign. Personally I don't think I'd pick him ahead of Vanderson or Yan Couto, and I'd still want Danilo as my starter for now. Though who knows. Maybe he'll give Danilo a break and be more experimental. We'll find out tomorrow.
I haven't had the bandwidth to keep a close eye on this call up, and it's at least a week earlier than I expected. But I still have a few notes or thoughts to share before tomorrow: I'll be very surprised if GK is anyone besides Alisson, Ederson, Bento I do think Vanderson deserves a recall at right-back. If the squad has 26 names, I'd like one to be an extra left or right-back Arana is playing really well under Milito. If Dorival wants that kind of left-back I expect him to be called up, but I also want to see Caio Henrique and Carlos Augusto. None of those 3 were there last time. Very curious to see who he picks. Everyone is available for central defense right now. We could see the "expected" top 4 of Militão, Marquinhos, Gabriel, Bremer... but Fabricio Bruno did well last time and Beraldo did ok. And there are tons of other options... Murillo and Murilo included. Can't really go wrong here, but what direction will he go in. I don't expect many changes to midfield. André is injured right now and I don't expect Pablo Maia, so maybe there's an opening for a new call-up like Ederson (Atalanta) or a return for Joelinton if he's in Dorival's plans And up front I don't see much space for new options. Granted he mentioned Matheus Cunha and João Pedro last time, so maybe one of those sneaks in as a backup to the false nine or Rodrygo spot centralized. I can see a surprise like Savio or Paulinho making it but not both. So, TLDR, I think GK, midfield and forwards will remain mostly the same, defense will depend on what direction he wants to go as everyone is available and as always lately full-back is anyone's guess. Some pundits and fans have called for Estevao but I don't see that happening for Copa America. Maybe if he had two separate call-ups for the friendlies and the tournament, but even then it would be premature. Who knows. Maybe they've decided CA will be much more experimental. Then all bets are off. But I think the expectation is for something close to his best 23 (or 26) so that's what I based these on.
Discussion in the Copa America thread: https://www.bigsoccer.com/threads/copa-america-2024-usa.2124465/page-2#post-42207119 List: GK: Alisson, Bento, Ederson RB: Danilo, Yan Couto CD: Beraldo, Eder Militao, Gabriel, Marquinhos LB: Arana, Wendel MID: Andreas Pereira, Bruno Guimaraes, Douglas Luiz, Joao Gomes, Lucas Paqueta FWD: Endrick, Evanilson, Gabriel Martinelli, Raphinha, Rodrygo, Savinho, Vini Jr.
🚨🇧🇷 SELEÇÃO BRASILEIRA CONVOCADA PARA A COPA AMÉRICA! Esses são os 23 jogadores que vão em busca da taça pro Brasil! E aí, curtiu as escolhas do Dorival? 👀 pic.twitter.com/UcOvslgFTK— TNT Sports BR (@TNTSportsBR) May 10, 2024
When Dorival came in, many were hoping he would call more Brazil based players. That didn't last long. Only 3 in this call up. And endrick will be essentially in europe.
And if Bento is sold early in the transfer window he'll go straight from Copa America to Europe. (Inter reportedly likely to make a move for him).
I guess Casemiro is an obvious big omission from the list. He has apparently been bad at ManU, but I thought he'd still be called up.