Josep Guardiola is the dream candidate to become the next manager of the Brazilian national team, reports marca† The Brazilian Football Federation (CBF) is looking for a replacement for the current national coach Tite, who will say goodbye to the Brazilian football team after the World Cup in Qatar. selecão† Guardiola is said to have already been approached by the CBF through his agent, which is actually hopeful of the arrival of the Spanish coach.
Pere Guardiola, Josep’s brother and agent, has marca already had several discussions with the CBF. Reportedly, the current Manchester City manager has indicated that he is ‘very interested in the position’ and has even received a sky-high salary offer of 12 million euros per annum, for a contract up to and including the 2026 World Cup. salary cuts for Guardiola, as the manager in England is on the payroll for 20 million euros a year.
Guardiola has repeatedly indicated in the past that he would like to coach a national team after his contract with Manchester City. “The next step is to coach a national team, if the opportunity arises,” he said in 2018. “After seven years (at City, ed.), I have to take a break, I have to stop to look at others, from I would like to coach at a European Championship, a Copa América or a World Cup.” When asked specifically about Brazil’s team, Pep added: “It’s a fantastic national team. Brazil is always a strong candidate or the favourite. It always was and it always will be.”
Brazil is currently led by national coach Tite, who took over from Dunga in 2016. The coach led the Brazilian team to the 2018 World Cup in Russia, where they lost to Belgium in the quarterfinals. The Copa América in the following year was successfully concluded: Brazil won the tournament in its own country. Tite led the Divine Canaries undefeated and as the leader in qualifying in South America to the upcoming World Cup in Qatar. After the World Cup, the national coach will stop, as he himself indicated earlier in an interview with SportTV: “I will continue with Brazil until the World Cup in Qatar is over. I’ve won everything in my career except the World Cup.”