Paris Saint-Germain captain Thiago Silva has revealed that his club prevented him from representing Brazil at next month's Olympics.
Silva, 31, has fallen out of favour with Brazil in recent years but he had hoped to help his country end their wait to win the only major international trophy they have failed to land.
Marquinhos, another of PSG's Brazilian defenders, was eventually allowed to travel to Rio de Janeiro but Silva has been denied the chance to go for gold in his home city.
The former AC Milan centre-back could have played at the Games had he been named as one of three permitted overage players in Brazil's squad.
"I tried to talk to the club to let me leave for the Olympic Games but it was complicated," Silva told goal.com.
"I'm pleased for 'Marqui' because he wanted to go and he's of the age to participate in it. It was very complicated -- we found a solution at the last moment with the club.
"For me things didn't happen as I wished them to. The club wanted to keep the captain after the change of coach.
It's clearly not an ideal situation -- it's a little difficult to go through.
"After a year and a half without wearing the national team jersey, I wanted to go there and play in the Olympic Games.
"Especially since it's in Rio... I was born in Rio, I wanted to go there. The club took its decision, I accept it and now I'm going to try to do my best as always."