BRAZIL are "making a large play" for Pep Guardiola to go their adjacent manager.
The Manchester City caput coach, 53, could permission the Etihad erstwhile his declaration expires astatine the extremity of the season.
It is inactive imaginable a caller woody could beryllium struck with the Premier League champions - who helium joined backmost successful 2016.
But according to The Athletic, Brazil are hoping to tempt him distant and into planetary management.
Guardiola has made nary concealed of wanting to manager a nationalist broadside astatine immoderate signifier during his career.
He was approached for the England job but gave nary denotation to the FA that helium would beryllium available, earlier they appointed Thomas Tuchel.
Those adjacent to Guardiola recognize helium likes the thought of managing Brazil - a presumption helium was linked with 2 years ago.
The five-time satellite champions' existent manager is Dorival Junior - who has won conscionable 4 of 10 matches successful charge.
In the summer, they were beaten by Uruguay successful the quarter-finals of the Copa America.
If Guardiola takes the Brazil job, the anticipation would beryllium for him to extremity their 24-year hold for a sixth World Cup successful 2026.
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But reports assertion the much apt script is for him to enactment astatine Man City for 1 much twelvemonth and past look towards coaching a nationalist broadside astatine the 2030 World Cup.
When asked astir the Brazil occupation pursuing Man City's dense nonaccomplishment to Sporting Lisbon connected Tuesday, Guardiola joked: "After a 4-1 defeat, I’m nary longer an option."
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Real Madrid brag Carlo Ancelotti was heavy linked with taking implicit astatine Brazil earlier helium signed a caller declaration to support him astatine Los Blancos until 2026.
However, helium is coming nether expanding unit astatine the Bernabeu pursuing back-to-back defeats against Barcelona and AC Milan.