ON JOELINTON’S

forearm is a tattoo written in Portuguese. It means ‘Be Strong And Brave’ and was inked last season after much of the hard work of his english career had already been done. ‘I like the message a lot,’ he says.

Working with a personal trainer at home once a week to ensure his huge frame remains mobile, Joelinton also has sessions on Zoom with a tactical analyst in Brazil.

his father, Jorge, worked on a sugar cane plant in Brazil, returning home to the family at weekends. It is from him Joelinton feels he inherited his appetite for work and his selflessness. From his mother, Silvania, came discipline.

‘She always told me if I didn’t concentrate at school then I couldn’t play football,’ he says. ‘Where I come from, we always worked hard. My dad worked to give me something and I am in the