The Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) This Friday he denied having maintained contacts with Pep Guardiola, Catalan coach of del Manchester City, and reiterated his confidence in the national coach, Dorival Junior.
The president of the CBF, Ednaldo Rodriguesdenied contacts with Guardiola in words to the press, during the entity’s extraordinary general assembly. “Guardiola is one of the greatest coaches in the world. But we did not do any type of search for him. The national team coach is Dorival Júnior,” he said.
The denial came after ‘The Athletic’, a sports site affiliated with ‘The New York Times’, published this Friday that the CBF has maintained “several contacts” throughout this year with Guardiola and is preparing a great operation to hire the Spanish coach.
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Guardiola’s name was one of those that was heard in Brazil after the Qatar World Cup 2022and the coach himself has always responded with praise to the Canarinha, every time the press has asked him.
The current Brazilian coach, Dorival Junior, It gained some air with the last two victories in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers against Chile and Peru, which have allowed it to climb to fourth position in the table, after a very irregular start to the competition. Next day the 14th, Brazil will visit Venezuela and five days later he will receive Uruguay in the city of Salvador.
