Edinaldo Rodriguez, president of the Brazilian Football Confederation, has revealed the possibility of abandoning a long-standing tradition in the Brazilian national team.
Edinaldo Rodriguez indicated the possibility of contracting a foreign coach for the Brazilian national team, after the departure of Tite, the current coach, after World Cup 2022which will be held in Qatar at the end of this year.
“We will discuss it after the World Cup, we do not mind any nationality, it may be foreign or Brazilian as long as it is competitive,” Rodriguez said at a conference introducing one of the new sponsors of the national team.
Since its founding in 1914, it has not taken up training Brazilian national team There are only two coaches from outside the country, Portuguese Jorge Gomes de Lima, known as “Jorica”, in 1944, and Argentine Filippo Nunez in 1965.
There is great opposition among the Brazilian masses to the recruitment of a foreign coach, as an opinion poll conducted by the Datafolia Institute last August showed that 55% of citizens do not agree with this matter, while 30% think it would be a good idea, and 8% are not interested. .
Will Guardiola coach the Brazilian national team?
Over the past few years, several press reports indicated that the Spanish coach Pep Guardiola took over Manchester CityBrazil national team coaching.
And the Spanish newspaper “Marca” reported last April that the Brazilian Federation contacted Guardiola to persuade him to train “A Seleção” until the 2026 World Cup, with an annual salary of 12 million euros.
It is noteworthy that Guardiola He announced earlier his desire to work as a coach for the national teams.
But a few days after this report was issued, Guardiola received a question about the possibility of his transfer to Brazil, and he replied, “I am contracted with City and very happy here. Now is not the time to discuss this rumour, I do not know where these reports come from.”
Unlike Guardiola, the name of the Portuguese Abel Ferreira, who is achieving good results with the Brazilian team Palmeiras and crowned with him the Libertadores Cup champion in 2020 and 2021, appears close to crowning the local league title this year.
The list of nominees also includes a Brazilian duo, Dorival Junior and Fernando Diniz, coaches of Flamengo and Fluminense, respectively.
“It would be unfair to only mention these three, because Brazilian football has so many great coaches,” the CBF president said.
He concluded his statements by saying: “I do not want to forget the other coaches, but I would like to mention 10 other names.”