It is not exactly a great surprise, the names that are left out are not exactly a novelty either. Portugal has already sent FIFA the 55 pre-convened for the final phase of the World Cup, in a list revealed by CMTV that has already been confirmed. Diogo Jota, Pedro Neto and Ricardo Pereira, all the players who play in the Premier League and who are currently injured are no longer part of Fernando Santos’ squad, which features 17 names who have not yet been international A.

Thus, the main news, in addition to forward Jota, who has stood out at Scottish Celtic, and attacking midfielder/forward Fábio Carvalho, who has won the most minutes at Liverpool after a revelation season at Fulham, all play for Nacional. League: Florentino Luís and António Silva from Benfica, Fábio Cardoso from FC Porto, Nuno Santos and Paulinho from Sporting and Vitinha from Sp. Braga. Thierry Correia (Valencia), Diogo Leite (Union Berlin), Nuno Tavares (Marseille), Fábio Vieira (Arsenal) and Beto (Udinese) are also on the list, which will be reduced internally once again before the announcement of the 26 called to the final stage, scheduled for November 10. A week later, Portugal plays the last friendly before traveling to Qatar, against Nigeria. The team’s first match is on the 24th with Ghana.

Goalie

• Diogo Costa (FC Porto, Portugal)
• Rui Patricio (Rome, Italy)
• Anthony Lopes (Lyon, France)
• Jose Sa (Wolverhampton, England)
• Rui Silva (Betis, Spain)

Diogo Costa took charge of the national team’s goal after FC Porto, Gonçalo Ramos has already been called up but has not yet made his debut

defenses

• Diogo Dalot (Manchester United/England)
• Nelson Semedo (Wolverhampton/England)
• Joao Cancelo (Manchester City/England)
• Cedric Soares (Arsenal/England)
• Thierry Correia (Valencia/Spain)
• Antonio Silva (Benfica/Portugal)
• Danilo (PSG/France)
• David Carmo (FC Porto/Portugal)
• Diogo Leite (Union Berlin/Germany)
• Domingos Duarte (Getafe/Spain)
• Fabio Cardoso (FC Porto/Portugal)
• Gonçalo Inácio (Sporting/Portugal)
• Jose Fonte (Lille/France)
• Pepe (FC Porto/Portugal)
• Ruben Dias (Manchester City/England)
• Tiago Djalo (Lille/France)
• Mario Rui (Naples/Italy)
• Nuno Mendes (PSG/France)
• Nuno Tavares (Marseille/France)
• Raphael Guerreiro (B. Dortmund/Germany)

The central António Silva, from Benfica, is the youngest player among the 55 players pre-selected by Fernando Santos

media

• Florentino Luis (Benfica/Portugal)
• William Carvalho (Betis/Spain)
• Ruben Neves (Wolverhampton/England)
• Joao Palhinha (Fulham/England)
• Joao Moutinho (Wolverhampton/England)
• Joao Mario (Benfica/Portugal)
• Renato Sanches (PSG/France)
• Sergio Oliveira (Galatasaray/Turkey)
• Matheus Nunes (Wolverhampton/England)
• Octavio (FC Porto/Portugal)
• Vitinha (PSG/France)
• Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United/England)
• Bernardo Silva (Manchester City/England)
• Fabio Carvalho (Liverpool/England)
• Fabio Vieira (Arsenal/England)
• Gonçalo Guedes (Wolverhampton/England)
• Nuno Santos (Sporting/Portugal)
• Ricardo Horta (Esp. Braga/Portugal)
• Francisco Trincao (Sporting/Portugal)

Nuno Santos has been one of the great references of Sporting, who has made versatility one of his two main weapons

advanced

• Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United/England)
• João Félix (Atl. Madrid/Spain)
• Jack (Celtic/Scotland)
• Pedro Goncalves (Sporting/Portugal)
• Daniel Podence (Wolverhampton/England)
• Rafael Leao (AC Milan/Italy)
• Andre Silva (RB Leipzig/Germany)
• Beto (Udinese/Italy)
• Gonzalo Ramos (Benfica/Portugal)
• Paulinho (Sporting/Portugal)
• Vitinha (Eng. Braga/Portugal)

Vitinha, striker trained in SP. Braga, is one of the great novelties in the list of Fernando Santos