Coach Tite and his staff has split the next World Cup cycle into three distinct phases and September's Brasil Global Tour will bring experimentation
ANALYSIS - Rupert Fryer
When Tite sat down to announce his Brazil squad last week, a number of changes were expected to the settled squad that made up his side for the previous two years.
Fernandinho and Miranda, both 33, have been fine servants for the Selecao but, with a new era abound, their omissions caused few shockwaves.
Neither did those of most of the 10 World Cup 2018 squad members who were left behind.