Carlo Ancelotti to Brazil: Italian manager signs with Brazil on reported one-year deal through 2026 World Cup
Carlo Ancelotti to Brazil: Italian manager signs with Brazil on reported one-year deal through 2026 World Cup
Carlo Ancelotti has been appointed as the new head coach of Brazil with the Italian head coach who leaves Real Madrid at the end of the current season 2024-25 in a movement that has been generally expected Through multiple reports. The CBF, the Brazilian FA, announced it on Monday: “The CBF is proud to confirm that Carlo Ancelotti will be the next head coach of the Brazilian national football team. Mr Ancelotti is a legend of the game as the most successful manager in June. 26th, 2025 in the history of the Selecaa.
The Spanish giants are expected to designate Xabi Alonso in the summer prior to FIFA Club World Cup, after the manager announced last week that he Will leave Bayer Leverkusen. Alonso will probably start his new role After the last weekend of La Liga and Ancelotti, it is expected that his new management chapter will also start, the first in a national team in his career, prior to FIFA 2026 World Cup qualifications when the Brazilian national team will be confronted with Ecuador and Paraguay in June.
Ancelotti has already signed the contract with Brazil, after the negotiations between the parties have been led in recent weeks by the Brazilian businessman Diego Fernandes, according to athletics. It will be a year, valid until the end of the FIFA 2026 World Cup that will take place next summer in the United States, Mexico and Canada According to the Italian journalist Matteo Moretto. It was a rocky way to get to this point, because the deal is said to almost passed when the Brazilian FA decided to end the negotiations, but then things seemed to calm things down in the following days, and Ancelotti is now ready to start a new chapter in Brazil.
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Real Madrid werd uitgeschakeld door Arsenal in de kwartfinale van de UEFA Champions League en verloor met 3-2 in de Copa del Rey-finale tegen FC Barcelona, en verloor ook 4-3 de in de La Liga Clasico tegen Barcelona op zondag, die op zondag, hoewel niet wiskundig, eindigde, de dromen van Real Madrid om een late comeback te maken in de competitie.
Ancelotti is one of the most successful managers in the history of sport, because the Italian has won 31 major trophies in his career in Italy, France, Germany, Spain and England. He is the only manager who wins competition titles in all five major European competitions and has the record for most Champions League titles (five) and UEFA Super Cup titles (five) as a coach. Winning a large trophy with a national team like Brazil would be a different milestone in the career of one of the most influential football managers in history, since Brazil is the only national team that is eligible for every world cup.
