Football News : Eight Brazil players to miss EPL fixtures after skipping World Cup qualifiers

Eight Premier League players will be stopped from playing for their respective clubs this weekend after Brazilian football authorities triggered a FIFA rule which will prevent them from taking to the soccer pitch. Brazil invoked the bans after the Premier League stopped players from travelling to red-list countries for the recent international window of matches - such a scenario would have seen those individuals miss several games on their return, because of the 10-day isolation period for red-list countries, which has been put in place under UK regulations. Liverpool, Manchester City, Chelsea, Manchester United and Leeds United will all be affected. Liverpool trio Alisson, Fabinho and Roberto Firmino, Manchester City's Ederson and Gabriel Jesus, Chelsea's Thiago Silva, Manchester United's Fred and Leeds United's Raphinha will all miss out. Brazil have not asked for Everton forward Richarlison to be prevented from featuring against Burnley on Monday, due to the club allowing the 24-year-old to play at the Olympic Games in Tokyo when the regulations did not force them to. It means eight English Premier League clubs will be denied players this weekend after previous moves from the Mexico, Paraguay and Chile football federations to stop Raul Jimenez, Miguel Almiron and Francisco Sierralta from playing this weekend.