Portugal announce provisional 24 man squad

May 10/10

Portugal National coach Carlos Quieroz has released a tentative 24 man roster for the World Cup in South Africa. Queiroz has decided to include Pepe in the squad for the time being to see if the defensive specialist will be able to go for Portugal if not he will be cut and the final 23 man roster announced, if he can go then we should see one of Ze Castro or Ricardo Costa cut. The 24 man roster does have some surprise omissions and inclusions.

Portugal's 24 man roster

Goalies

Eduardo (Braga)
Beto (FC Porto)
Daniel Fernandes (Iraklis)

Defense

Paulo Ferreira (Chelsea)
Ricardo Carvalho (Chelsea)
Bruno Alves (FC Porto)
Miguel (Valencia)
Ze Castro (Deportivo)
Rolando (FC Porto)
Pepe (Real Madrid)
Ricardo Costa (Lille)

Midfield

Duda (Malaga)
Miguel Veloso (Sporting)
Fabio Coentrao (Benfica)
Danny (Zenit)
Deco (Chelsea)
Raul Meireles (FC Porto)
Simao Sabrosa (Atletico Madrid)
Nani (Manchester United)
Pedro Mendes (Sporting)
Tiago (Atletico Madrid)

Forward

Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)
Liedson (Sporting)
Hugo Almeida (Werder Bremen)