Ednaldo Rodrigues, President of the Brazilian Football Federation (CBF), confirmed that the Italian coach will lead the country’s national team from June 2024.

Carlo Ancelotti respects the contract with Real Madrid and stays with the Bernabeu team until the end of the 2023/24 season. According to FIFA regulations, a player or coach can only commit to a new team for the last six months of the contract. This means that coach Ancelotti cannot officially sign a contract with CBF before January 1, 2024.

CBF pursued the Italian coach after Tite left Brazil at the end of 2022. The failure of “Selecao” at the World Cup in Qatar caused the Brazilian coach to lose his seat. Ancelotti became a strong candidate, but he repeatedly affirmed his respect for the contract with Real.

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The appointment of coach Ancelotti was criticized by former Brazilian players. Cafu or Rivaldo opposed the idea of choosing a foreign coach for the national team. However, the current “Selecao” stars such as Vinicius Junior, Rodrygo or Eder Militao support Ancelotti to lead Brazil. This is a group of students who are close to the Italian coach at Real.

While waiting for Ancelotti to come to work, Brazilian media revealed that CBF chose Fernando Diniz as interim coach in the national team. He will hold both roles as a coach at Fluminense and the Brazil national team. Coach Diniz will be recruited when “Selecao” plays on FIFA Days. CBF accepted to pay a sum of money to convince Fluminense to let go.