The president of the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF), Ednaldo Rodrigues, He said this Tuesday that he is willing to wait until May for the response from Carlo Ancelotti, his first choice for the position of coach of the ‘canarinha’.
On the sidelines of a general assembly of the CBF, Rodrigues explained to the press that expects to announce the name of the new coach on May 25, date on which the list of players called up for the friendlies that the Brazilian team will play in June against rivals to be defined will be announced.
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“Before thinking about plan B, I want to exhaust all the possibilities of plan A,” said Rodrigues, who has made no secret that Ancelotti, currently in charge of Real Madrid, is his first choice.
Ancelotti wants to fulfill his contract
On April 1, Ancelotti confirmed that the CBF wanted to make him on Tite’s successor, who left his position as Brazil coach after the elimination in the quarterfinals of the World Cup in Qatar-2022.
“The reality is that the Brazilian team loves me and that flatters me, I love it. But you have to respect the current contract (it expires in June 2024), a contract that I want to fulfill until the end,” Ancelotti said at a press conference.
The decision about the future of ancelotti It will be taken at the end of a season in which Real Madrid opts to win the Copa del Rey, in the final of which they will face Osasuna on May 6, and the Champions League, in which they will face Manchester City in the semifinals (9 and May 17).
other candidates
If Ancelotti does not accept the offerthe CBF could resort to Fernando Diniz, coach of Fluminense, a team in great shape at the start of the Brazilian Championship, with 6 points in the first two rounds, or the Portuguese Abel Ferreira (Palmeiras) and Jorge Jesus (Fenerbahce), main names targeted by the Brazilian media. At the moment ramon menezes he directs the ‘seleçao’ on an interim basis.
