Arsenal defender Gabriel Magalhaes hasn’t had to go far to link up with his national team, with Brazil training at the Gunners’ training centre over the November break.
With Brazil due to face Senegal in a friendly match at the Emirates Stadium over the international break, the team have been training at Arsenal’s London Colney training ground this week.
O Estado de Sao Paulo report that Carlo Ancelotti held his first session with the team on Monday, with 22 of his 26 players taking part.
The final four then joined on Tuesday, with Vitor Roque, Fabricio Bruno, Alex Sandro, and Danilo all making their way over from their club teams in Brazil.
O Dia report that Brazil will continue to train at Arsenal’s training ground for the next few days, then they’ll train at the Emirates Stadium itself on Friday. After that, the team will leave for their friendly against Tunisia in Lille, France.
A week at London Colney and the Emirates Stadium is certainly a nice change for Gabriel Magalhaes, who is used to travelling to different continents for his international duties.
Gabriel is the only Arsenal player in the Brazil squad over the break, with Gabriel Jesus and Gabriel Martinelli still recovering from their injuries.
This isn’t the first time Brazil have used Arsenal’s training ground, with the team also spending time at London Colney last year in March. It’s also not the first time Brazil have played at the Emirates Stadium, with eight of their previous matches held at the ground.
Brazil have won seven of the previous eight games, only losing to Portugal in 2007. They’ll hope to make it eight wins from nine this weekend.