Andreas Pereira teases England with trophy 'gap' jibe ahead of Brazil Wembley clash

Andreas Pereira has fired a cheeky jibe at England by claiming the only 'gap' with Brazil is the wait for a major trophy.

The Fulham star will play for his country against Gareth Southgate and his Three Lions at Wembley this weekend, but they arrive having had a tough time recently, being knocked out in the quarter-finals in Qatar and losing their last three World Cup qualifiers. This leaves them in sixth place in the South American group.

Their new head coach, Dorival Junior, who took over in January, is starting a "new beginning" with a young team that's missing many big names. On the other hand, Southgate's England team, ranked third in the world, are among the favourites to win Euro 2024 this summer. It would be their first title since 1966. When asked about how to "close the gap" with the hosts, Fulham's midfielder Pereira cheekily pointed out that Brazil has won five World Cups and the Copa America in 2019, as well as the last two Olympic gold medals.

The former Manchester United star said: "About Brazil and England, we don't necessarily feel that there is a big, big gap.", reports the Mirror. "The last time Brazil won a tournament was fewer years ago than when England won a tournament. We could say there is a gap. But Brazil will always have big, big players and a big team. England as well. I think they have a lot of players that I think the Brazilian fans like. It is more the flair players - players like Rashford and Saka.

"We respect them and we know it is going to be a tough game but we are ready and we know what we are capable of. We want to win the game. We are Brazil. We always want to win everything."

In the past 15 months, there's been a lot of changes in the team. Coach Tite was let go after losing to