We played all the time together as kids, all the time. We played for the same teams from being seven years old – youth clubs, then Fluminense, United and Brazil – and I feel like we helped each other every step of the way. You hear about a player going to a new club and not settling because they didn’t know anybody, but I always had my best friend with me. That made it easy to adapt to a new club, having each other.
I always loved playing with my brother. He’s very calm with the ball, you know?