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The president of the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF), Ednaldo Rodrigues, spoke about the search for a new coach for the national team.

The CBF's plan is to announce the coach before the next FIFA date in June - when Brazil will face Ecuador (away) and Paraguay (home).

The national team has been without a coach since Dorival Junior's departure on March 28.

"The meeting with the executive coordinator of Men's Selections, Rodrigo Caetano, and also with Juan, where the focus is on choosing the new coach of the Brazilian national team. We will soon be announcing the name of the coach, in time for him to make the call-up for the two qualifying matches, which are there in June," said Edinaldo in a video released by the CBF on Friday (4).

Several names have been speculated, such as Jorge Jesus (Al-Hilal), Ancelotti (Real Madrid) and Guardiola (Manchester City).

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The President of the CBF, Ednaldo Rodrigues, met with the executive coordinator of Men's Selections, Rodrigo Caetano, and with the technical coordinator, Juan Santos, to discuss the choice of the new coach of the Brazilian national team.

The goal is to announce the new coach before the next FIFA date of the Yellow-and-Green, in June, when Brazil will face Ecuador and Paraguay, in the 2026 World Cup Qualifiers.

"The meeting with the executive coordinator of Men's Selections, Rodrigo Caetano, and with Juan had as its focus the choice of the new coach of the Brazilian national team. Soon, we will announce the name of the coach, in time to make the call-up for the two qualifying matches, on the FIFA date in June,” explained Ednaldo Rodrigues.

As part of the programming for the commitments, the Selections Department will start observing matches in Brazil from this Saturday (5). The first will be Botafogo x Juventude, at Nilton Santos. Brazilian Championship, Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana matches will also be analyzed.

Since Tuesday (1st), Juan and performance analyst Thomaz Araújo, who will be part of the observations in the country, have been following European championship matches. In the Health and Performance area, doctor Andréia Picanço and physiologist Guilherme Passos started tracing strategies for the national team's preparation.

The planning is to provide accurate information to help the coach in the new job.

The executive coordinator of Men's Selections, Rodrigo Caetano, explained that the contacts with President Ednaldo Rodrigues have been much more frequent at this time when defining the new technical commission.

"We have been having meetings with President Ednaldo, with Juan's participation in some of them, focusing on finding the name of the future coach of the Brazilian national team. As soon as we have this defined by the president, we will start negotiations to announce the name of the new commander of the Brazilian national team as soon as possible," said Rodrigo Caetano.

"The Selections Department continues to provide reports, making in loco observations, which we will start at the end of the week, and following all relevant competitions outside the country, to gather the largest possible number of information for the future commander. This work is daily and constant, it has always been done before. And now, we are giving it normal follow-up," added the executive coordinator.

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