The Brazilian association hires Carlo Ancelotti as the new coach of Selecao – but now sinks deeper in chaos. What does that mean for the coach?
The turbulence at the Brazilian Football Association CBF is getting bigger. The reorganization of President Ednaldo Rodrigues, ordered by the court, also raises the question of possible effects on the obligation of Carlo Ancelotti as a national coach.
The Fernando Sarney, appointed to the interim president, assured in a first statement that “all sporting activities and ongoing contracts are maintained”. He will also start new elections in a timely manner.
Carlo Ancelotti is still a trainer of Real Madrid
Rodrigues opposition should be behind Ancelotti
O Globo also does not see Ancelotti’s future as a national coach despite the unrest in the association. According to this, representatives of the opposition against the controversial Rodrigues Ancelotti are said to have assured that his appointment as coach of Selecao is a unanimous decision of the association.
The CBF officially announced on Monday that Ancelotti would take over the Selecao from May 26th. The 65-year-old should initially lead the five-time world champion to the 2026 World Cup and at the final round in the USA, Mexico and Canada to the sixth title.
The time of announcement was piquant. Rodrigues announced the agreement last Monday, almost single -handedly – immediately before the court hearing around his future as an association boss.
Rodrigues explains Ancelotti’s tribute
“When that happened on Monday, it was not deliberately,” said Rodrigues before he was dismissed in an interview with UOL ESPORTS and referred to a “leak”. Both the association and the trainer themselves “no longer wanted to deny it”.
Ancelotti had been a desired coach in Brazil for a long time, Rodrigues had been fighting for the obligation of the Real Madrid coach for over two years. “We received his answer about 20 days ago,” said Rodrigues on Thursday. “Then Real Madrid gave me permission to negotiate with Carlo.”
So far, his still employer Real Madrid has not yet officially announced the change, which has recently also caused vertebrae in Spain.
Is it real on an ancelotti return?
Now the Marca reports that there is real efforts to bring back the long -standing success coach after his commitment in Brazil, which is initially intended up to and including the World Cup. Ancelotti is to be integrated in a different function that has not yet been determined.
The Brazilian association has meanwhile been sinking into chaos for months. Now Rodrigues stumbled across a presumably fake signature in a document that legitimized his recent term.
It is another low point of a confused legal dispute. In December 2024, Rodrigues was discontinued due to supposed irregularities in his election in 2022. At the beginning of the year, a judge of the Supreme Federal Court ordered the reinstatement of the 71-year-old.
“Brazil is a dysfunctional chaos,” commented The Athletic and wished the new coach “good luck”.