Dunga Leaves Door Open For Roberto Carlos

Currently back in Rio de Janeiro for an official CBF visit to the Instituto Bola para Frente (Advance The Ball Institute) along with fellow 1994 World Cup winners Bebeto and Jorginho, his assistant in the Seleçao, Dunga made it clear that there's no obstacles to stop Roberto Carlos from returning to the national squad.

“It's great that he's shown that he'd like to return to the seleção. Now everybody wants to play for Brazil because we're going in the right direction. The thing now is that a call-up depends very much on how any player is doing at club level”, explained the man who took the discredited seleção over from an eroded Parreira in 2006.

He did emphasise that the competition would be stiff for a place in the sun - even for a man with such a distinguished service record as Roberto Carlos. “Brazil is very well-served for wing-backs [Dunga habitually fields Gilberto and Kléber as left-back and Real; Madrid man Marcelo is also seen as deserving a place in the near future] but a lot depends on how the players perform in the World Cup qualifiers”, underlined the tactician.