Back in September after Aston Villa beat Chelsea, Douglas Luiz took to social media and sent an indirect swipe at his national team manager, Fernando Diniz.
He had been left out of that Brazil squad despite his great form, and made it rather clear that it had affected him by pointing out in his post that he was of Brazilian nationality and was ‘calm, calm’ about the situation.
The Aston Villa midfielder has since been called up by Diniz for the latest international break, and has now apologised for his social media outburst in an interview with ESPN Brasil.
Even though he was called up to the Brazil squad for the last round of fixtures in the World Cup qualifiers, Luiz only played a total of 20 minutes, first coming on for eight minutes in the 2-1 loss against Colombia before adding an extra 12 to that in the 1-0 defeat at the hands of arch rivals Argentina.
Despite the results, the Aston Villa star admitted he was ‘happy to be back’, and would continue to work hard to ensure he doesn’t fall out of favour again, especially with an aim of playing in the 2026 World Cup.
