Arsenal risk being at a tug of war with Brazil over Gabriel Jesus.
The striker has not played for the Gunners since October 24 when he injured his hamstring in a 2-1 win over Sevilla.
Despite that, on Monday it was confirmed that Brazil had called up Jesus for their World Cup qualifiers later this month against Colombia and Argentina.
So here Standard Sport takes a look at what has happened so far and what may follow…
What has happened?Jesus injured his hamstring playing for Arsenal against Sevilla in the Champions League on October 24.
The Brazilian has since been undergoing his rehabilitation with the Gunners, who are wary about rushing him back.
Jesus has not played for Arsenal since the Sevilla game, but was named in the Brazil squad on Monday.
Brazil have taken that decision because they are hopeful the striker could be fit to play some part in big games against Colombia on November 17 and Argentina on November 22.
Who has said what?
When naming his Brazil squad on Monday, manager Fernando Diniz said: “In the last call-up, we hadn’t called up [Gabriel] Martinelli, from Arsenal.
“He didn’t report to the CBF (Brazilian Football Federation) in a very complete way, so we didn’t imagine that Martinelli would be ready to play against Venezuela and Uruguay, and he was ready to play before our games.
“Because of this too, we are going to bring Gabriel [Jesus] to find out the real conditions, because we still have 15 days until the games, so we believe that he can be able to play, because I like him a lot.
“We have 24 players on the list, and if something happens to him we won't need to change the squad.”
Diniz’s reference to Martinelli is telling. Ahead of the last international break, Brazil did not call up the Arsenal winger as he was out injured with a hamstring injury.
Martinelli, however, days later went on to score the winning goal against Manchester City after coming off the bench.
The winger missed Brazil’s game against Venezuela and Uruguay to stay at Arsenal and work on getting back to full fitness. He has been called up this time.
Mikel Arteta was asked about Jesus being called up on Tuesday and said: “The national teams have a duty to produce the list and sometimes there is uncertainty on the timescale of each player’s availability in the following weeks.
“I think it’s a great thing, it’s a really positive thing that he is getting called up again. It will depend whether he’s fit or not if he can travel. We don’t know. That’s in the air. But it’s a really simple situation to resolve.”
What happens next?Arsenal have a good relationship with the CBF due to the fact their sporting director Edu used to work their as general coordinator.
The Gunners are planning to hold talks with the CBF at the end of this week once they have played their final game before the international break against Burnley.
If Jesus played in that, it would be difficult for Arsenal to argue that he should not join up with Brazil - although the club want to be cautious with his recovery either way.
Brazil want their strongest squad available as qualifiers against Colombia and Argentina are expected to be tough games.
Under FIFA rules, Brazil are entitled to call up Jesus and assess himself - as England did with Bukayo Saka last month. That, however, was a different situation as Saka merely had to drive up from London to England’s base at St. George’s Park, whereas Jesus would face a flight to Brazil.
Such a situation is not unprecedented, though, and in 2019 Wilfried Zaha was called up by Ivory Coast despite carrying an injury.
The winger, who was at Crystal Palace at the time, duly made a 6,000-mile round-trip but did not play a single minute of matches with Rwanda and Liberia.
