Brazil are still hoping to convince Carlo Ancelotti to be their next head coach. The five-time world champions have been without a head coach since Tite left following the World Cup in Qatar in December 2022.Ancelotti has been their number-one target for the post despite suggestions from the Italian that he is happy at Real Madrid.”Everyone knows really well what my situation is. I have a contract until the end of the 2024 season and I want to stay,” he said earlier this month.It is confirmed: Another year together for Ancelotti and Real MadridCBF president, Ednaldo Rodrigues, had set May as the deadline for deciding on the next coach but is set to extend that in the hope of persuading Ancelotti.Brazil face Guinea and then Cameroon in June, with Ramon Menezes, who is also leading Brazil’s Under-20 side at the World Cup in Argentina, set to be in charge of both. The CBF are keen to wait for Ancelotti ahead of those games with qualification for the 2026 World Cup. ##NAJAVA_MECA_7284108##Meanwhile, Newcastle midfielder Joelinton has received his first call-up for Brazil. The 26-year-old was primarily a striker when Eddie Howe arrived in November 2021, but quickly became an integral part of Newcastle’s midfield. He has made 32 league appearances as the Magpies finished in the Champions League for the first time in 20 years.Our Boys from Brazil! 🫶Bruno Guimarães and Joelinton have both been called up the Brazil squad! 😍🇧🇷 pic.twitter.com/JhD7Nv3IlM— Newcastle United FC (@NUFC) May 28, 2023 He last represented his country in 2012, when he won four caps for Brazil’s under-17s. His Newcastle teammate Bruno Guimaraes was also named in interim coach Ramon Menezes’ 28-man squad for friendlies against Guinea and Senegal.
