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United_We_Stand said:

"Despite being born in Belgium, the midfielder is the son of a Brazilian couple..
Andreas has played for Belgium’s U-15, U-16 and U-17 levels, but then changed teams, having featured for Brazil’s U-20 and U-23 teams.
..according to outlet UOL this Wednesday. The website claims that he was watched by manager Roberto Martinez during Manchester United’s match against Leicester City last week, and could be called up in the next few days.
UOL claims that according to people close to the player, Andreas’ preference is to play for Brazil"
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He's said in various interviews that he feels Brazilian and not Belgian. He grew up in a Brazilian household, spoke Portuguese as his first language. He moved to Netherlands at the age of 9 and Manchester at 16, ergo he didn't spend his teenage years in Belgium either.

I'd be very surprised if he picked Belgium.
 
Interesting to see where he was picking up his touches against Leicester. He was basically covering the middle and Pogbas side. Didn't push over to the right very often as it looks like his job was to help protect Lindelof and Shaw from Pereira, Amartey and Iheanacho. That left the right a bit more vulnerable especially as Fred was picking up touches all over the pitch.

If he continues with such a disciplined display then he'll be a Jose favourite imo.
 
Could be ages before he's called for Brazil. If Martinez calls him, I think he should go.
 
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Adisa said:
Could be ages before he's called for Brazil. If MarrinMa calls him, I think he should go.
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Who you referring to here? Martínez? Yeah I think he should consider Belgium - he was born and brought up there before moving to Holland and then United, I think.
 
Belgium would definitely make more sense strategically. The Brazilian national side is a mess at the moment, they're not going to have time and space to look at youngsters for years now, and they have plenty of mature deep and central midfielders who have a 'safe pair of hands' aura about them who will dominate all the playing time. Belgium, on the other hand, are pretty much the place to be for young talents in international football at the moment.

But if he feels Brazilian and wants to play for the Brazil team, strategy rightly shouldn't come into it - that's what your club career is for. No point representing a nation which you don't feel connected to.
 
Interesting to see this thread be the most popular player performance one behind only Mou and Pogba.

Really hope he continues to get time this year.
 
Difficult to get picked for Brazil anytime I guess but I guess he's willing to take the risk
 
RedSky said:
Interesting to see where he was picking up his touches against Leicester. He was basically covering the middle and Pogbas side. Didn't push over to the right very often as it looks like his job was to help protect Lindelof and Shaw from Pereira, Amartey and Iheanacho. That left the right a bit more vulnerable especially as Fred was picking up touches all over the pitch.

If he continues with such a disciplined display then he'll be a Jose favourite imo.
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That’s very strange. Surely a decent holding midfielder should be snuffing out danger on both flanks? Can’t think why Mourinho would brief him to ignore any threatening situations that develop down our right? All the more so when he’d been actively trying to sell our RB all summer, this was Fred’s PL debut and Mata was always going to get rinsed for pace whenever we lost the ball. Not to mention that - regardless of pre-game instructions - our right flank got so exposed Mourinho had to swap Mata and Rashford to try and shore things up. At this point surely there’s an onus on Pereira to get a bit more involved?

This, combined with the stats you/me posted on an almost unprecedented amount of possesion for the opposition at Old Trafford makes me think that his performance may not have been as good as the caf thinks.
 
MadMike said:
He's said in various interviews that he feels Brazilian and not Belgian. He grew up in a Brazilian household, spoke Portuguese as his first language. He moved to Netherlands at the age of 9 and Manchester at 16, ergo he didn't spend his teenage years in Belgium either.

I'd be very surprised if he picked Belgium.
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At the end sometimes players choose where they will get more games. I think he and Tielemans would be good midfield prospects for Belgium
 
Pogue Mahone said:
That’s very strange. Surely a decent holding midfielder should be snuffing out danger on both flanks? Can’t think why Mourinho would brief him to ignore any threatening situations that develop down our right? All the more so when he’d been actively trying to sell our RB all summer, this was Fred’s PL debut and Mata was always going to get rinsed for pace whenever we lost the ball. Not to mention that - regardless of pre-game instructions - our right flank got so exposed Mourinho had to swap Mata and Rashford to try and shore things up. At this point surely there’s an onus on Pereira to get a bit more involved?

This, combined with the stats you/me posted on an almost unprecedented amount of possesion for the opposition at Old Trafford makes me think that his performance may not have been as good as the caf thinks.
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I think it was a tactic of ours to keep Sanchez up the pitch and not require him to track back (he had barely any touches in our own half). That meant that Pogba/Shaw would be overloaded when Leicester attacked with Pereira, Amartey and Iheanacho. This is why Pereira was focused on that side.

Mata for example on the right had significantly more touches in our own half than Sanchez did so Mata was tracking back. I'm assuming all of this was our strategy, it didn't work very well either way as Leicester as you well know dominated the ball.
 
flappyjay said:
At the end sometimes players choose where they will get more games. I think he and Tielemans would be good midfield prospects for Belgium
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I never disputed that players don't sometimes pick countries of convenience to represent. I argued that players who pick countries to represent out of convenience, don't usually make vehement declarations of allegiance to another country prior. It's usually something that happens with players that identify as a bit of both, or players that don't feel very strongly about nations/countries either way.

Hence I'd be surprised if Andreas picks Belgium after publicly saying that he feels Brazilian and not Belgian. After following those statements through by switching from Belgium u-17s (choice of convenience) to Brazil u-20s and u-23s (choice of conscience). It'd be quite a turn-around.
 
limerickcitykid said:
When did he say he doesn't feel Belgian?
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He's never said that, exactly.

http://sportwitness.co.uk/andreas-p...ill-get-man-united-chance-wants-dream-happen/

"We speak in Portuguese at home," he says. "My family is Brazilian and I feel Brazilian, even though I have never lived there. I was born and raised in Belgium so I also feel Belgian.

"I feel the blood of a Brazilian, but I understand both ways. It’s not so unusual for people to move around the world now."
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https://www.thenational.ae/sport/fo...lishing-himself-at-manchester-united-1.755296
 
Pogue Mahone said:
That’s very strange. Surely a decent holding midfielder should be snuffing out danger on both flanks? Can’t think why Mourinho would brief him to ignore any threatening situations that develop down our right? All the more so when he’d been actively trying to sell our RB all summer, this was Fred’s PL debut and Mata was always going to get rinsed for pace whenever we lost the ball. Not to mention that - regardless of pre-game instructions - our right flank got so exposed Mourinho had to swap Mata and Rashford to try and shore things up. At this point surely there’s an onus on Pereira to get a bit more involved?

This, combined with the stats you/me posted on an almost unprecedented amount of possesion for the opposition at Old Trafford makes me think that his performance may not have been as good as the caf thinks.
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Pogba was pulled out wide alot more than Fred, Pereira should mostly stay inside of them, so he had more to do on the left side, defensively.

I think the posession problem was a result of partly of Mourinho intenionally ceding ground to a team that is more known for wanting to play on the counter themselves, but mainly of our forwards being completely unable to retain the ball or even move it further up the pitch, and of Mata and Sanchez not being able to or trying to win back the ball when Leicester played it around.
 
MyOnlySolskjaer said:
Fair play to him, especially if 6 is the position he’s chasing. Casemiro seems like he’s nailed that spot for years to come.
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Was thinking that, can't fault his ambition though. Be nice in the long run if Pereira and Fred both could cement their place in the Brazil starting 11 although it's unlikely.
 
Grande said:
Pogba was pulled out wide alot more than Fred, Pereira should mostly stay inside of them, so he had more to do on the left side, defensively.

I think the posession problem was a result of partly of Mourinho intenionally ceding ground to a team that is more known for wanting to play on the counter themselves, but mainly of our forwards being completely unable to retain the ball or even move it further up the pitch, and of Mata and Sanchez not being able to or trying to win back the ball when Leicester played it around.
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Well that didn’t happen...
 
From my understanding, Brazil FA only calls people who born there in Brazil to represent the national team in international competition, not outside the country?
 
He hasnt done anything to deserve a Brazil call up. I hope he gets there.. but dont expect it to happen anytime soon.
 
Maybe he should wait a year before committing to any national side. He had only just broke into this United side.
 
I thought he already used his one time switch. Did the corrupt muppets of FIFA change eligibility rules again while I wasn't paying attention?
 
He did make the switch to Brazil after being with Belgium at youth level and in clear terms too.

That said, he's lived in Europe all his life and Brazil always have a wealth of options. I'm sceptical as to if they would favour him over a similar player born in Brazil.
 
beergod said:
I thought he already used his one time switch. Did the corrupt muppets of FIFA change eligibility rules again while I wasn't paying attention?
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It doesn't lock in until you've played a competitive first team game.
 
Nick7 said:
What a guy. I was very critical of him last season as I thought he had blown it by going to Valencia, but I'm very glad to see I was just wrong.
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He's got the right mentality and ability to succeed here - I'm really excited for him ❤
 
FootyGirl88 said:
http://www.skysports.com/football/n...-he-has-totally-changed-as-a-player-and-human

:) ❤
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Its great seeing how Pereira's settled into Carrick's shoes as our deep laying playmaker. We badly needed that player who can get the ball forward fast from defence, fantastic that we didn't even have to buy him.

Credit to Mourinho for seeing the #6 in him, played him there every preason he's been manager.

Pereira's new position in the squad also says a lot about Mou as a man manager. Lots of people were saying Mou would sell Pereira for going out on loan against his wishes. However, Andy's been welcomed back into the squad with Mou calling him 'phenomenal.' Maybe Jose's not the ogre we keep being told he is..?
 
Nick7 said:
It doesn't lock in until you've played a competitive first team game.
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No, he is talking about the one-time switch at youth level. If you play in an official competition at youth level you are allowed a one-time switch. Andreas I don't think played in any official competitions and I can't remember exactly but I think it has to be at at least u18 or u19 level.

That is why someone like Jack Grealish can not switch back to Ireland but Andreas can go back to Belgium if he wants.
 
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