The reigning World Champions will prepare for their World Cup qualifier on September 4 with a friendly against Croatia in Split on August 17.

While Ronaldo and new Real Madrid recruits Robinho and Julio Baptista have been included in the squad there is no place for Barcelona star Ronaldinho, who is suspended for the Chile match.

Coach Carlos Alberto Parreira said he was keeping the nucleus of the team which won the Confederations Cup in Germany last June.

The main difference was the return of Ronaldo, who was left out of the Confederations Cup at his own request, but also missed out on the preceding World Cup qualifiers against Paraguay and Argentina in which he had expected to play.

"I hope to see a motivated Ronaldo, in form and ready for the World Cup," Parreira told reporters.

"He's been training hard and we hear that he is much thinner."

Parreira said he had intended to leave out Robinho, who refused to play for Santos after the Confedera-tions Cup unless they agreed to sell him to Real.

Real finally agreed to pay the Brazilian champions $30 million for the 21-year-old on Saturday and Robinho, who will stay at Santos until the end of the month, returned to the side for Sunday's 4-2 win over Corinthians.

"He hadn't been playing so he wouldn't have been picked," said Parreira. "But by the time we face Croatia, he will have played three or four games and I expect him to be able to play at least a half."

Sao Paulo defender Cicinho gets a call up as does Inter Milan's goalkeeper, Julio Cesar and PSV Eindhoven's defender Alex Rodrigo.

Parreira has decided to test his new recruits and try a new formation against Croatia in a bid to find a winning formula for their World Cup qualifier against Chile two weeks later.

"If we play correctly then we can guarantee our place in the finals," said Parreira.

Brazil stand second in the South America World cup qualifying group zone on 27 points, 4 points behind Argentina after 15 of 18 matches. A win against Chile would see them qualify for next years finals in Germany.