Tag: Brazil

Wolverhampton Wanderers: Brazil midfielder Joao Gomes signs new five-year deal
1 April 2025 Off

Wolverhampton Wanderers: Brazil midfielder Joao Gomes signs new five-year deal

By Total Football News

Wolves midfielder Joao Gomes has signed a new five-year deal at Molineux.

The Brazil international’s new contract also includes the option of a further year.

Gomes joined from boyhood club Flamengo in 2023 and has made 80 appearances for Wolves, including 31 this season.

The 24-year-old has scored four goals this term with Wolves 17th in the Premier League, nine points above the relegation zone, before Tuesday’s visit of West

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Matheus Cunha: Brazil forward says he wants to take Wolves to ‘another level’
31 March 2025 Off

Matheus Cunha: Brazil forward says he wants to take Wolves to ‘another level’

By Total Football News

Matheus Cunha says he wants to take Wolves to “another level” and that a recent interview in which he seemed to imply he needed to leave the club had been misinterpreted.

Brazil striker Cunha said in an interview with the Observer that he has told Wolves he needs to “take the next step” and fight for titles in his career.

The former Atletico Madrid player has a £62.5m release clause

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Alisson: Liverpool goalkeeper leaves Brazil camp after ‘suspected concussion’
21 March 2025 Off

Alisson: Liverpool goalkeeper leaves Brazil camp after ‘suspected concussion’

By Total Football News

Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson Becker has returned to the club after sustaining a “suspected concussion” on international duty with Brazil.

The 32-year-old was substituted late on in the 2-1 World Cup qualifying win over Colombia on Friday after a nasty clash of heads with former Tottenham defender Davinson Sanchez.

Alisson will now return to Merseyside for assessment by Liverpool’s medical staff.

“Alisson suffered a head injury and was replaced due to

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Andreas Pereira: Fulham reject Palmeiras offer for Brazil midfielder
3 January 2025 Off

Andreas Pereira: Fulham reject Palmeiras offer for Brazil midfielder

By Total Football News

Fulham have rejected an offer worth up to £16.5m from Brazilian club Palmeiras for Andreas Pereira.

The 29-year-old Brazil midfielder has started 15 of Fulham’s 19 Premier League games this season, with the west Londoners eighth in the table and pushing to qualify for Europe.

After playing in the first 12 games Pereira was dropped because of a “technical decision”, according to manager Marco Silva after the 1-1 draw at

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Lucas Paqueta charges: Brazil midfielder wants Football Association to investigate ‘misleading’ leaks
17 October 2024 Off

Lucas Paqueta charges: Brazil midfielder wants Football Association to investigate ‘misleading’ leaks

By Total Football News

West Ham midfielder Lucas Paqueta wants the Football Association to investigate “misleading” leaks about his betting case.

The FA charged Paqueta in May for allegedly getting booked deliberately “for the improper purpose of affecting the betting market”.

Paqueta, 27, has denied all four charges brought against him and believes “misleading and inaccurate” reporting is putting his chances of a fair disciplinary hearing at risk.

“I am frustrated and upset to

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Wolves: Brazil midfielder Andre arrives from Fluminense in deal worth £21
31 August 2024 Off

Wolves: Brazil midfielder Andre arrives from Fluminense in deal worth £21

By Total Football News

Wolves have completed the signing of Brazil midfielder Andre from Fluminense in a deal that could be worth up to £21m.

Andre won the Copa Libertadores – South America’s equivalent of the Champions League – with Fluminense in 2023 and has five caps.

He arrives at Molineux for an initial £18.5m, plus up to £2.5m in add-ons.

The 23-year-old saw a move to Fulham fall through earlier in the window

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Emerson Royal: AC Milan sign Brazil defender from Tottenham
12 August 2024 Off

Emerson Royal: AC Milan sign Brazil defender from Tottenham

By Total Football News

AC Milan have signed Brazil defender Emerson Royal from Tottenham for an undisclosed fee.

The right-back made 101 appearances for Spurs after joining the north London club for £25.8m from Barcelona in August 2021.

He reached a century of club appearances against Liverpool at the end of last season.

The 25-year-old, who has 10 international caps for Brazil, joins Milan on a four-year deal, with the option for a fifth.

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Luis Guilherme: West Ham close in on £25m Brazil teenager signing
3 June 2024 Off

Luis Guilherme: West Ham close in on £25m Brazil teenager signing

By Total Football News

West Ham are closing in on the 30m euro (£25.5m) signing of 18-year-old Brazilian midfielder Luis Guilherme from Palmeiras.

Hammers director of football Tim Steidten has been in Brazil trying to bolster new manager Julen Lopetegui’s squad.

Despite rumours the attempt to sign Guilherme was in danger of being called off, sources have told BBC Sport it is now almost done.

It would be West Ham’s first signing since David

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Gabriel Jesus: Arsenal and Brazil striker does not remember playing ‘without pain’
8 April 2024 0

Gabriel Jesus: Arsenal and Brazil striker does not remember playing ‘without pain’

By Total Football News
Arsenal striker Gabriel Jesus battling for the ball
Arsenal striker Gabriel Jesus (centre) has won 64 caps for Brazil

Arsenal striker Gabriel Jesus says he is unable to remember playing football “without pain”.

Jesus, 27, had knee surgery after sustaining an injury that ruled him out Brazil’s World Cup campaign in December 2022 – missing 99 days of action.

The forward, who has made 15 Premier League starts for the Gunners this season, has suffered three further knee

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Richarlison: Tottenham and Brazil forward says seeking psychological help ‘saved his life’
20 March 2024 0

Richarlison: Tottenham and Brazil forward says seeking psychological help ‘saved his life’

By Total Football News
Richarlison at Brazil training
Richarlison has scored 20 goals in 48 appearances for Brazil

Tottenham forward Richarlison says seeking psychological help “saved his life” and has urged others with mental health issues to do the same.

The Brazil international, 26, said he was at “rock bottom” but therapy helped him to “turn things around”.

He has scored nine goals in his past 13 Spurs games and could reach 50 Brazil caps in upcoming friendly

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