Ronaldo and Felix named in Portugal squad for Euro qualifiers

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SHOWS: OEIRAS, PORTUGAL (AUGUST 29, 2019) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL)

1. (SOUNDBITE) (Portuguese) PORTUGAL MANAGER, FERNANDO SANTOS, SAYING:

"I always said that we have here one player uncontestable in the national team, while he stays at his levels and he is Cristiano Ronaldo but he is uncontestable in any team in the world, Portugal, Germany, Spain, France, England, Italy, all the others are players that when are called it's because the national manager feels that they have potential to play in the national team. It's not because the transfer was too high or too low that will make the difference, if he (Joao Felix) is here, it's because he has the same conditions of the others to play for the national team but in the end that will be my decision."

2. SCREEN SHOWING IN ORDER MIDFIELDERS, DANILO PEREIRA (Porto), RUBEN NEVES (Wolverhampton), WILLIAM CARVALHO (Real Betis), BRUNO FERNANDES (Sporting Lisbon), JOAO MOUTINHO (Wolverhampton), PIZZI (Benfica), RENATO SANCHES (Lille)

3. (SOUNDBITE) (Portuguese) PORTUGAL MANAGER, FERNANDO SANTOS, SAYING:

"This is a very decisive match for Serbia we know that, they are playing at home we know, we know the weight and influence of their fans but like I said before after two draws Portugal has to win the six matches and that is the way."

STORY: Portugal manager Fernando Santos on Thursday (August 29) named his squad for crucial upcoming Euro 2020 qualifiers away to Serbia on September 7 and Lithuania three days later.

After starting their qualifying campaign with consecutive draws at home to Ukraine and Serbia, the defending European champions find themselves fourth in Group B, some eight points behind the Ukrainians, who have played two games more.

Santos has called on his players to win all six of their remaining qualifiers to qualify top.

While stating a player like Cristiano Ronaldo's place in the squad remains "uncontestable", Santos said that a player's transfer price tag has no bearing over his decision to call them up to represent Portugal.