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Brazil has called up eight Premier League players, including Gabriel Jesus and Ederson from Manchester City.
Brazil has selected eight Premier League players to play in October's World Cup qualifiers, despite it remaining on the UK travel red list.
Last month, most English clubs refused release South American players.
Anyone traveling to Brazil from the UK currently must quarantine for 14-days upon arrival in Brazil and then again for 10 days after they return.
Brazil FA stated that "positive discussions" had been held regarding travel exemptions.
Liverpool duo Alisson & Fabinho, Manchester City's Ederson & Gabriel Jesus, Chelsea defender Thiago Silva, Manchester United midfielder Fred and Chelsea defender Thiago Silva, as well as Raphinha, Raphinha, and Emerson Royal, Tottenham defender, were all called up to play against Venezuela, Colombia, and Uruguay.
Juninho Paulista, a former midfielder at Middlesbrough, stated that eight players from England were called up in the hope of reaching an agreement next week, which would allow players to travel freely.
He said, "We've had many positive meetings with Fifa and the Premier League, and we trust there will be positive solutions next week." "That's why we called them up."
To exempt England-based footballers from quarantine upon their arrival, the Brazilian football federation must reach an agreement with the health authority.
The Premier League issued a statement in August stating that its clubs had "reluctantly, but unanimously", decided not to release any players during September's international holiday.
Four players, Emiliano Buendia of Aston Villa and Emiliano Martinez from Aston Villa, as well as Giovani Lo Celso of Tottenham, went to Argentina to join their national team.
However, it led to hilarious scenes at Sao Paulo’s Corinthians Arena when Brazil v Argentina World Cup qualifier was abandoned five minutes later when Brazilian health officials intervened to stop the match. They said that the four England-based Argentina players had to be quarantined.
All affected players were allowed to play in their next matches, despite complaints from the Brazilian football federation and those from Paraguay, Chile, Mexico, and Paraguay.
Fifa can impose five-day suspensions on players who are not allowed to play for their national teams.
Brazil has won eight of their qualifiers thus far, and is six points ahead of Argentina at top of South American qualifying group for Qatar 2022.
