Luiz Felipe Scolari’s 23-man squad has already been named but his back-up selection includes Rafinha, Lucas Leiva and Atletico Madrid duo Miranda and Filipe Luis

Brazil have named their list of seven players who will be on standby for this summer’s home World Cup, with Lucas Moura the star among the back-up options.

Coach Luiz Felipe Scolari has already named his preferred 23-man selection for the tournament, but has now confirmed the list of those who will be held in reserve should any late changes to the squad be required.

Atletico Madrid defenders Filipe Luis and Miranda are in the seven-man list of back-ups, as is Bayern Munich right-back Rafinha.

Liverpool midfielder Lucas Leiva, Paris Saint-Germain winger Lucas Moura and Sao Paulo striker Alan Kardec have also been asked to be ready if called upon.

Fluminense goalkeeper Diego Cavalieri rounds off the list and will step in for the tournament if there are any issues with the current three shot stoppers Julio Cesar, Jefferson and Victor.

The announcement means some of the notable absentees from the original squad, including Kaka, Robinho, Ronaldinho and Philippe Coutinho have not even made Scolari’s top 30 for this summer.

Brazil have warm-up matches against Panama and Serbia before they begin their World Cup campaign against Croatia on June 12.

Brazil standby list: Lucas Leiva (Liverpool), Alan Kardec (Sao Paulo), Lucas Moura (PSG),  Rafinha (Bayern Munchen), Filipe Luis (Atletico Madrid), Miranda (Atletico Madrid), Diego Cavalieri (Fluminense).

The Merseysiders have tabled a €25m bid for the England international but the Saints are set to reject the offer as they have a far higher valuation of their skipper

Southampton have placed a €37 million valuation on Liverpool target Adam Lallana, Goal understands.

The Merseysiders submitted a €25m bid for the England international on Monday only hours after the end of the Premier League season.

The Saints accept that Lallana is ready to push for a move to Liverpool, who will compete in next season’s Champions League after finishing second, but value their skipper far higher than the offer on the table.

They are expected to reject the Reds’ bid and hold out for a transfer fee closer to their €37m valuation of the player.

Lallana was named in England’s World Cup squad on Monday following an outstanding season in which he featured on a six-man shortlist for the PFA Player of the Year award that eventually went to Luis Suarez.

The attacking midfielder, who turned 26 last Saturday, has attracted interest from Chelsea, Manchester United and Tottenham but has been most strongly coveted by Liverpool, who have made him one of their main summer targets.

Reds manager Brendan Rodgers is a huge admirer of the Saints star’s technical skills and ability to play in a number of attacking positions behind the strikers.

Lallana is contracted to the Hampshire club until 2018 after signing a new deal last year but those close to him believe that the next window could be an ideal time to move to one of England’s biggest clubs.

Southampton have publicly insisted that they are under no pressure to sell players but they are believed to be prepared to cash in on some of their prize assets, who include not only Lallana but Luke Shaw, Jay Rodriguez and Morgan Schneiderlin. Shaw is close to tying up a €30m-plus move to Manchester United, where he could become the world’s highest-paid teenager, while Schneiderlin is a long-time target for Arsenal.

New Southampton director Hans Hofstetter admitted in March that the restructured board had “inherited a difficult situation financially” as it emerged in the club’s latest set of annual accounts that there was an outstanding transfer debt of €33m.

Lallana, who joined the Saints as a 12-year-old and graduated from their famed academy, has had an outstanding season for Mauricio Pochettino’s team, in which he started 37 of their 38 Premier League matches and scored nine goals.

Pochettino spoke in glowing terms of his club captain in the wake of Southampton’s 4-0 win over Newcastle in April, describing him as a “special and unique player” who “has the skills of an [Andres] Iniesta, Xavi or [Cesc] Fabregas”.

The Southampton pair are the subject of intense interest from the likes of Manchester United and Liverpool and the Three Lions coach does not want any player distracted

England boss Roy Hodgson is eager to see Southampton duo Adam Lallana and Luke Shaw decide on their futures before the World Cup.

Left-back Shaw is set to be made the world’s highest-paid teenager by Manchester United, while Saints captain Lallana is a target for Premier League runners-up Liverpool, among others.

Both were named in England’s 23-man squad for Brazil on Monday but Hodgson desperately wants to avoid unneeded distractions at the tournament and will insist on any business being done before the squad fly to Miami for training on June 1.

“I have made it clear to them already and I think they are perfectly happy with it. England is England and your club is your club. The two are not married together,” the Three Lions boss told the press.

“As far as I am concerned, you sign up for this World Cup and you sign up to do a good job for England. Your club future is what it is and it will be taken care of outside of England time. That is basically all I can do.

“I was asked: ‘Would you like all of this to be sorted before you go to Miami?’ Of course I would. It is not an ideal world and that might not happen but the one thing I am going to be very firm on.

“When we are together with England that is what matters and if you have anything to resolve you do it outside that time. I am thinking about medicals in particular. I can’t stop phone calls.

“I am definitely not going to have agents swirling around or this player has got to leave the camp. I would expect the players to understand that.”