Barcelona defender Daniel Alves, has claimed that his former boss Pep Guardiola, wanted to coach Brazil at last year’s World Cup, but officials were not keen on a foreign coach.
“Pep said he wanted to make Brazil a World Cup champion and had an entire strategy to make us a world champion,” Alves said in an interview with ESPN Brasil.
“But they didn’t want it, because they said that they didn’t know if Brazil would accept a foreign coach.”
Alves also admitted that he feels it was a wrong decision not to hire the Spaniard.
“Pep is the best coach in the world, the greatest sports manager I’ve ever seen. He revolutionized football, revolutionized a team, and we had the chance to have him with us,” he said.
“If you let an opportunity like this go by, then you are not really thinking about the national team.”
Wednesday marks one year since Brazil’s humiliating 7-1 loss to Germany in the World Cup semi-finals.
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