Another year Real, then Selecao
Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti before moving to Brazil
7/5/2023 9:26 am
Who will lead Brazil to the 2026 World Cup? After the premature end in Qatar, the world football giant is moving from rumor to rumor. Carlo Ancelotti is mentioned again and again. The Real Madrid coach doesn’t want to let his club down, however. Now a solution seems to have been found.
Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti is set to take over as coach of the Brazilian national soccer team for the Copa América from summer 2024. This is what Ednaldo Rodrigues, president of the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF), told Brazilian broadcaster TV Globo on Tuesday after the federation announced Fernando Diniz’s one-year commitment.
“We don’t call him interim coach, he is the national team coach. Diniz will make the transition to Ancelotti, who will take over at the Copa America,” said Rodrigues. Diniz, who continues to train first division club Fluminense from Rio de Janeiro, is to be presented at a press conference today.
Ancelotti’s contract in Madrid expires next summer on June 30th, so a solution has to be found with Real. Neither the 64-year-old Italian nor Los Blancos have confirmed a move to Brazil yet. But already in June Ancelotti’s commitment had been reported. Legally, Ancelotti cannot sign with the Brazilian FA until next January – six months before his contract with Los Blancos expires. But the CBF relies on the star coach’s alleged verbal commitment, as also reported by the Spanish “Marca”.
Contract untouchable for 2023/2020
The Copa will take place in the USA from June 20th to July 14th, 2024. The Champions League final is scheduled for June 1st, the Spanish La Liga ends on May 26th. After the quarter-final defeat against Croatia at the World Cup in Qatar, the previous national coach Tite announced his resignation last December. After that, U20 national coach Ramon Menezes looked after the Selecao.
The Spanish sports newspaper “AS” reported in June, citing Ancelotti’s surroundings, that the Italian had spoken to the Brazilians. But he made it very clear that his contract with Real for this season is untouchable and that he must fully focus on his work in Madrid. That’s why he doesn’t want to talk about a possible change until January at the earliest. However, without any prior commitment or commitment, either oral or written, the newspaper wrote. In addition, Ancelotti was upset that the association acted as if it had already agreed to the offer.