Marquinhos’ loan to Nantes is set to be terminated, with the French club unhappy at his plan to play in the CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament.

L’Equipe report that Arsenal winger Marquinhos is about to terminate his loan to FC Nantes.

Marquinhos hasn’t featured regularly for the Ligue 1 side, and they reportedly didn’t want to release him for the CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament – which kicks off later this month.

In December, Brazil confirmed their u23 squad for the tournament, with Marquinhos making the list.

The tournament is a qualifier for the summer Olympics, with Brazil initially playing in a group alongside Venezuela, Colombia, Bolivia, and Ecuador.

Each team will play the others once, with the top-two teams qualifying for a second group stage of four teams.

The two teams that finish in the top two in the second stage will then qualify for the Olympics.

The tournament kicks off on January 20th, lasting until at least February 1st. If Brazil make it to the second group stage, they’ll be playing matches until February 11th.

That would have meant another four weeks away from Nantes, with Marquinhos already having taken time off to win the Pan American Games with Brazil in November.

Marquinhos didn’t play a match for Nantes for two months, only recently returning to make a few substitute appearances.

It seems this latest call-up by Brazil is the final straw for Nantes, and they’re now planning to send the winger back to Arsenal.