2023-07-05 23:37:38
As of June 2024, when his second spell as Real Madrid coach comes to an end because he will have completed the last of the three seasons he signed with the Santiago Bernabéu team, Charles Ancelotti will become the new coach of Brazil. That, at least, is the verbal agreement reached by both parties, as announced early Wednesday morning by Ednaldo Rodrigues, the president of the Brazilian Federation (CBF).
As this newspaper announced on June 16, the top leader of Brazilian soccer has no other option than to sign the Italian coach as his country’s coach, which is why he decided to wait for him until next year, when, in principle, it will end. his relationship with the white club.
Ancelotti, if the verbal agreement announced by Rodrigues ends up materializing, I would direct Brazil in the Copa America, which will be played between June 20 and July 14 in the United States, although its hiring would have as its main objective that the canarinha can lift the sixth World Cup in its history, something that its fans dream of that can happen at the event in 2026. CBF sources assured ABC this Wednesday that they were “super happy” with the future arrival of the Italian coach, who, however, did not rule on his future throughout the day. Neither did Real Madrid.
In his statements, Rodrigues announced that until the incorporation of the still coach of the white team it will be Fernando Diniz (a name that this newspaper also revealed as a possible interim until Ancelotti takes the reins of the five-time world champion) who is the Brazilian coach. He will do so by making it compatible with his current position on the Fluminense bench, a position that has made him one of the flagship men of the Brazilian Serie A.
«Fernando Diniz He is going to direct the fate of the Brazilian team for a year. I am sure that he will do it with great competence, as he has always done », revealed Rodrigues. Hours after these demonstrations, Diniz was officially presented as the new interim coach of Brazil, an act in which he refused to confirm any information about the possible arrival of Ancelotti when he ends his current contract.
Throughout the last months, the Italian preparer has been assured that His priority would be to remain at Real Madrid if he received an offer from the club, but, according to CBF sources, he would have already committed to becoming the future Brazilian coach in the event that Florentino Pérez chooses not to offer him the job. renovation and bet on a new face for the white team’s bench. The agreement reached between Ancelotti and Rodrigues would only be verbal. «I am not going to enter into the Ancelotti affair. That is a matter for the president of the Brazilian Football Confederation. I’m going to talk about my style of play,” Diniz said at the press conference.
He did acknowledge, however, that his interim contract is for one year and that it also includes the Copa América. He acknowledged having heard the version that Ancelotti will assume the Brazilian bench in 2024, but did not want to confirm anything. «About Ancelotti I know of the plans that exist, but I don’t know how they are. They are going to have to find another way to confirm that information,” he said when asked by the media.
He president of the CBF, the main architect of the agreement with Ancelotti has always had between his eyebrows the hiring of the veteran Italian strategist. Not even his continuity at Real Madrid for next season has made him give up on his efforts. It was his main plan, his obsession, and he was convinced that he would end up convincing the Italian, whom he sees increasingly closer to the Brazilian bench. “Diniz is the coach and he will reconcile Fluminense and the national team during that time. For us, as a coach of the national team, he is not an interim. He has a 12-month contract and will transition to Ancelotti, who will arrive for the Copa América. They also have a similar style of play,” said the manager.
If Carletto’s departure is officially confirmed in June next year, Real Madrid would continue without keeping a coach on its bench for more than three seasons in more than 20 years. The last coach to live four seasons, and not complete ones, at the head of the white club was Vicente del Bosque (from November 1997 to June 2003, when the man from Salamanca was dismissed after being proclaimed League champion).
A wounded Brazil
The team with the most World Cups in history tries to recover the prominence lost in recent editions. Since South Korea-Japan 2002, where Ronaldo Nazario left his mark, Brazil has not set foot in a final again. Ancelotti, a coach who has proven to match perfectly with teams full of egos, knows that he would be very well received by the Brazilian players of Real Madrid. This has been made publicly clear on several occasions. Vinicius, Rodrygo o Militao, with whom he shares a magnificent relationship beyond the professional.
Real Madrid did not comment yesterday on the statements by the president of the CBF and the club is calm because Ancelotti has a contract until the end of next season.
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