This Friday, Tite will announce the squad for Brazil’s first games since November, World Cup qualifiers at home to Ecuador on June 4 and away to Paraguay on June 8. No word yet on when the Copa América or Olympic squads will be announced, but the Olympic team will be playing friendlies on the same dates, so expect Tite’s squad to make some concessions in that regard.

It’s been such a long, dark time since Brazil’s last games that it’s hard to have many specific wishes in mind about players to call, and with the Copa América almost immediately following the qualifiers, Tite might well get a do-over if someone he calls completely flops.

So here are a few questions bouncing around in my mind.

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