Mathieu Warnier, Media365, published on Thursday April 17, 2025 at 9:30 p.m.
Already envisaged at the end of 2023 but without success, the track leading to Carlo Ancelotti could become topical again for the leaders of Brazilian football, in search of a new national coach, faced with a potential departure of the Italian of Real Madrid.
It is a track that Brazil does not want to abandon. After the humiliation suffered in Argentina on March 26, as part of the Qualifications for the 2026 World Cup, the Brazilian Football Federation (CBF) did not hesitate to decide in the heart by dismissing Dorival Junior from its functions after only fifteen months at the head of the Seleção. Before appointing the former coach of São Paulo FC in January 2024, the CBF did not hesitate to request Carlo Ancelotti but the Italian technician had dismissed this proposal to extend his contract with Real Madrid until June 2026. However, the situation has since evolved on the side of the Spanish capital. The pitiful elimination in the quarter -finals of the Champions League against Arsenal has considerably weakened the position of “Carletto” on the bench of the Merengue club with a departure which could be envisaged before the end of the season. This could relaunch the interest of the Brazilian federation in the profile of the Italian coach.
No discussions between Ancelotti and Brazil yet
According to the Madrid daily Asthe latter would be ready to change the gear to try to convince him to cross the Atlantic Ocean while Jorge Jesus’ name was more and more to launch the reconstruction of the Brazilian selection. However, the CBF quickly confirmed that he had not sent an emissary to Madrid to launch the operations. In charge of appointing the future Seleção coach, the president of the Ednaldo Rodrigues federation and its director in charge of the national male teams Rodrigo Caetano have not left Rio de Janeiro for the moment. In any case, the time could quickly begin to miss because the next two games in Brazil will take place at the beginning of June against Ecuador and then at Paraguay. In any case, the CBF would be ready to stay on the contractual bases mentioned at the end of 2023 but it will essentially depend on a possible departure from Real Madrid anticipated by “Carletto”, which would find within the Seleção certain players currently evolving under its orders, such as Vinicius Jr, Rodrygo or Endrick.
