
When Fabinho left Liverpool for the Saudi Pro League in 2023, logic dictated that this move would hasten the end of his international career.
The midfielder had made his Brazil debut in 2015, earning a place in that year’s Copa America tournament, plus the 2016 and 2021 editions and also in the 2022 World Cup, where made one appearance as the Selecao were knocked out in the quarter-finals by Croatia.