By the point Carlo Ancelotti left Actual Madrid, he had already been introduced as the brand new Brazil supervisor. With the Italian’s time up, and each Ancelotti and Actual Madrid planning for the long run in late April, a moderately uncommon scenario occurred.
Regardless of the radio silence from the membership and the denials of Ancelotti, the Italian coach was in talks with Brazil over turning into their supervisor and Los Blancos had contacted Xabi Alonso about taking up. On the time Brazil had been on the attraction offensive, and middleman Diego Fernandes was a constant presence on the Santiago Bernabeu.
FIFA open investigation into Diego Fernandes fee
Fernandes, a Brazilian businessman who’s near the Brazilian Soccer Confederation (CBF), however with out an official position, was staying in Madrid in an try to dealer a deal between Ancelotti and Brazil. When the deal was performed, Fernandes was pictured with Ancelotti, and switch journalist Fabrizio Romano cited him as ‘caring for talks’.
🫂🇧🇷 Carlo Ancelotti takes his first pic as Brazil head coach after signing deal to affix the Seleçao.
Right here’s Ancelotti with Diego Fernandes caring for talks on CBF behalf. pic.twitter.com/0HknirbNuh
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) Could 15, 2025
As defined by Sport, FIFA have opened an investigation into the negotiation, and have demanded that the CBF clarify the €1.2m fee paid to Fernandes. The Catalan each day clarify that he was contracted by the CBF, and his title options in Ancelotti’s contract.
Fernandes is just not a registered agent
The crux of the difficulty is that Fernandes is just not a registered FIFA agent, and thus was not permitted to method Ancelotti on Brazil’s behalf. Sport quote data from UOL Esporte, who say that FIFA have demanded explanations from the CBF by the 4th of June, the day earlier than Ancelotti’s Brazil debut towards Ecuador.
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On the pitch, Ancelotti is going through a difficult begin. They are going to play away in Quito towards Ecuador, after which host Paraguay the next week. The previous occupy second spot within the South American qualifying desk, and have misplaced simply twice. In the meantime Paraguay are a spot behind Brazil, and stage on factors. They haven’t misplaced below present supervisor Gustavo Alfaro, beating Argentina in November. Ancelotti has only a yr to get Brazil in form to problem for the World Cup subsequent summer time.