Fabio Vieira has not been recalled by Arsenal following his absence from the Porto side in their Saturday night win over Boavista, football.london understands. Speaking Saturday night, Porto manager Vitor Bruno explained why the Gunners loanee had not been included.

“I have to make decisions, pay close attention to the players’ performance and how they view their day-to-day activities,” Bruno said.

“Fabio is very talented but talent has to be based on a series of pre-conditions. And when one or two of them end up falling apart, it makes everything more difficult.

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“He has immense potential and I have a large squad that offers me guarantees, I cannot give up on certain principles that are mine. I don’t need to pass on any message. Fabio knows me well and we are counting on him. He will be available to play again next week. So it is a question of making decisions.”

This sparked quite a reaction online with some suggestions even that Arsenal were planning on recalling him. It went as far as for some social feeds to claim a private jet had indeed taken off from Porto set for London with Vieira on board.

This is categorically not the case. No decision of such nature has been made by Arsenal.

Bruno would later in an interview say as much as that Vieira would be with the team for the second half of the season. “Of course…Fabio has a lot of talent and will be available next week.”