Andreas Pereira refuses Belgium and targets the Brazilian team: “My dream is…”

Andreas Pereirawho recently passed through Flamengois playing on Fulham, from England, and has been one of the highlights of his team in recent seasons. With the possibility of playing for the Belgian national team, the midfielder turned down the Europeans more than once, as his dream is to wear Amarelinha and represent Brazil.

“They (Belgian Federation) came to me at the beginning of the season and asked if I was willing to be called up by Belgium, they spoke to my agent too, and I always made it clear that my dream is Brazil. My dream is to defend the Brazilian team, nothing has changed and it won’t change”, said the player in an interview with ‘GE’.

Even with few opportunities in Brazilian Team So far, Andreas understands that the best decision he could make was this and now his focus is on working to achieve an old goal. “He told me to think about it, see how it goes, but leave a childhood dream aside just to play for a national team and not feel good.”he stated.

Andreas, who is 28 years old, was born in Duffel, Belgium, where his parents raised their family. In fact, in the youth categories, the midfielder defended the European team several times, but he always made it clear that his roots come from Brazil. “I’m Brazilian, my family is Brazilian, and playing for a national team just to say that I played for the national team doesn’t make any sense.”“, said.

With the dream of playing for the Brazilian team, Andreas made important decisions precisely to be in the spotlight and in the best shape possible. In January, he received a million-dollar proposal from Al Ettifaqfrom Saudi Arabia, but preferred to continue in Premier League. “I dream of playing for the national team, and the chance of being called up is much greater playing in Europe, playing in the Premier, which is one of the most difficult leagues in the world”, revealed.