Menezes names Brazil Olympic squad

As expected, one of the three over-age slots have been handed to Thiago Silva of AC Milan, whilst the other two spots have been filled by Marcelo of Real Madrid and Hulk of Porto.

There have also been call-ups for Manchester United right-back Rafael da Silva and Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Sandro.

The two big shocks are that David Luiz of Chelsea and Daniel Alves of Barcelona have both missed out.

Brazil will start training in Rio de Janeiro next Monday before flying out to London on July 16th where they will train at Arsenal's Colney training ground.

Brazil squad for London 2012:

Goalkeepers: Rafael Cabral (Santos), Neto (Fiorentina)

Defenders: Thiago Silva (AC Milan), Bruno Uvini (São Paulo), Marcelo (Real Madrid), Juan (Inter Milan), Alex Sandro (Porto), Rafael da Silva (Manchester United), Danilo (Porto)

Midfielders: Oscar (Internacional), Paulo Henrique Ganso (Santos), Lucas Moura (São Paulo), Rômulo (Spartak Moscow), Sandro (Tottenham Hotspur)

Strikers: Neymar (Santos), Leandro Damião (Internacional), Alexandre Pato (AC Milan), Hulk (Pato)

Players on standby:

Marquinhos (Corinthians), Giuliano (Dnipro), Casemiro (São Paulo) and Gabriel (AC Milan)