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Luis Enrique was one of the disappointments of the Qatar 2022 World Cup. Since Spain even before the start of the competition was perceived as one of the teams that could go to the end of the competition. Unfortunately, the coach and his men left Qatar after only one victory, and that was in the first game against Costa Rica. A performance that earned him his job, although he already has a serious proposal from Ednaldo Rodrigues the president of the Confederaçao Brasileira de Futebol (CBF).
Brazil is without coach since the World Cup Qatar 2022. And this is good news, since Luis Enrique was also dismissed in Spain at the same time. This means that both sides are looking for something that the other has. And according to the latest news, the head of the Confederaçao Brasileira de Futebol (CBF) will return from his vacation on Thursday with the aim of finalizing a foreign coach for the Seleçao. And it seems that Luis Enrique is the one chosen by Ednaldo Rodrigues who is about to revolutionize the Seleçao after the resounding failure of Qatar 2022 where, led by Tite, it was eliminated in the quarterfinals.
In fact, Luis Enrique is now the favorite to take the reins of the “Canarinha” at the beginning of 2023. The president of the Confederation, Ednaldo Rodrigues, will resume his duties this Thursday after a few days of vacation. And among the urgent issues to be solved, is the name of the new coach of the national team, which will have its first commitments in the FIFA season in March. But long before that deadline, the leader in office since last March, wants to shake up Brazilian soccer, and to do so, he assumed that he would break the rule of having a local coach and has already headed to the international market.
If his first choice has always been Pep Guardiola, the position of the Catalan technician who is not ready to leave Manchester City, now that he has a superstar Erling Haaland, with whom he hopes to finally win the Champions League is challenging his plans. From here, a second scenario opened up in which there is Carlo Ancelotti (who will not leave Madrid until Florentino Pérez has fired him), Jose Mourinho and Luis Enrique himself. And of all of them, the former Spain coach is the one who has gained the most ground, since the others do not want to let go of their posts unless they are fired. In Brazil, unlike the lynch mob suffered by Tite, Lucho is a respected name for his career on the bench of La Roja and, before that, with Barça, where he won the Triple Crown.
He is appreciated for his courage in integrating young players, a key element in the rejuvenation process of the verderamarela, which has an excellent U20 team. Better, his non-negotiable commitment in the offensive game and his leadership also make him a perfect candidate. However, he has a competitor, as the heavyweights of the Seleçao have already hinted that they would be in favor of the arrival of the current Fluminense coach, Fernando Diniz, nicknamed throughout his career the “Brazilian Guardiola”. In his favor is his positional game and the plasticity of his teams. But what works against him and can weigh heavily is the fact that he has never won a title.
