Brazil new boy Alex Telles has confessed that ‘I’d be lying if I said I didn’t expect to be called up by Italy.’
Alex Telles spent the 2015-16 campaign at Inter and is on record as saying that he feels Italian, given he holds an Italian passport and has grandparents from the peninsula.
However, the Porto left-back was recently called up to the Brazil squad for the first time after he scored the penalty that knocked Roma out of the Champions League.
Brazil new boy Alex Telles has confessed that ‘I’d be lying if I said I didn’t expect to be called up by Italy.’
Alex Telles spent the 2015-16 campaign at Inter and is on record as saying that he feels Italian, given he holds an Italian passport and has grandparents from the peninsula.
However, the Porto left-back was recently called up to the Brazil squad for the first time after he scored the penalty that knocked Roma out of the Champions League.
“I’d be lying if I said I didn’t expect to be called by the Italian national team,” he told reporters.
“Brazil have always been my dream, something I’ve fought for and been looking at for a while, but I thought Italy would call me up.
“In reality, however, playing for Brazil’s green and gold has certainly been my main objective since the start of my career.”