Brazil want Pep Guardiola: Man City boss targeted by Selecao

Brazil want to appoint Pep Guardiola after the Qatar World Cup – and are ‘very confident’ the Manchester City manager will agree on terms.

That’s according to a report from Spanish outlet, Marca, on Thursday afternoon.

Current Brazil boss, Tite, recently shocked everyone by revealing he will be leaving his role following this winter’s World Cup.

“I’m going until the end of the World Cup,” Tite told SporTV. “I have no reason to lie here. I don’t want to win any way. I’ve won everything in my career, the only thing missing is the World Cup.”

Brazil are currently favourites to win the tournament in Qatar having impressed throughout qualifying.

And they’ve now identified Guardiola as the ideal candidate.

The Brazil federation are ready to throw everything at the Spaniard and have already started talking to Pere Guardiola, Pep’s brother and representative.

They’re ready to offer Guardiola a four-year deal until the 2026 World Cup with a proposed salary of €12 million per year. While that’s a substantial amount for a national side manager, it’s well below his current €20 million salary at Man City.

But Brazil have ‘great confidence’ they can persuade Guardiola to accept the role.

The former Barcelona manager has a contract at City that runs until 2023 so it remains to be seen whether he’d be willing to leave this summer or wait until next summer.

But for Brazil, it’s apparently ‘impossible not to get excited’ at the prospect of Guardiola taking over from Tite.

Guardiola previously admitted he was interested in managing a national side by saying: “The next step will be a national team, yes, if there’s a chance.

“I must have a break after seven years (at City), I need to stop to watch, learn from other players and maybe that is