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Daily Mirror
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Thomas Bristow

Antony breaks down in tears, Gabriel reacts to snub and Gabriel Jesus makes mum joke

Tite's 26-man World Cup squad announcement threw up quite a few headlines on Monday evening. Reading out loud Brazil's key men for Qatar, the 61-year-old did so by including none other than £86million Manchester United signing Antony.

The fiery winger has already achieved 11 caps with his country but this will be his first major tournament with the Selecao. And his heartwarming reaction to finding out the news reminded everyone just how much it means to a footballer to represent your country.

Upon finding out the announcement, the 22-year-old posted a video to his social media channels with the caption: "For you!!! Thank you, God!! Thank you everyone… friends, family, mom, dad, brothers!! Love you!!! Too much emotion!!"

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