Diego Tardelli, who recently switched from Atlético Mineiro to Shandong Luneng in China kept his place in Dunga’s latest squad.
Tardelli has reunited with his former Atletico head coach Cuca at his new club, while a number of Brazilian coaches have been drafted into the country to train players at all age levels. Dunga believes that we will soon see an increase of Brazilian players heading to Asia. He was quoted in the Copa América website: “It’s the economic landscape of globalised football. Europe has countries that can no longer afford to buy Brazilian players, and China is investing heavily in football. And not just in players, they have many Brazilian coaches also.”
