Copa America 2019: Brazil Announce New Captian Ahead Of Copa America "Neymar No Longer Captain"

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Brazil have announced that star player, Neymar, will not captain the team in next month’s Copa America

The Paris Saint Germain star player has been captain of the Seleção over the past few of months, has now been replaced by Danni Alves his follow team mate.

Based on Sky Sport's report, the Brazilian Football Confederation, CBF, made the announcement in a statement released on Monday.

The statement read: “Daniel Alves will be captain of the Brazilian national team in the friendly matches against Qatar and Honduras and in Copa America Brazil 2019

“The decision was communicated to Neymar by Tite on Saturday.”

Brazil host the Copa America between June 14 and July 7, kicking off against Bolivia before facing Venezuela and Peru respectively.