Under contract with Manchester City until June 2025, Pep Guardiola is in advanced talks with the club’s management for a one-year extension, i.e. until June 2026. Some sources in England suggest a deal that is 99% finalized. Yet at the same time, a completely different project is emerging for the Catalan technician.
It is in Brazil that the affair is being hatched, where a certain Ronaldo, former icon of the Seleçao, claims the presidency of the football federation – the CBF. The current boss of Auriverde football, Ednaldo Rodrigues, is retained in his position by order of the Federal Supreme Court but will not be able to serve beyond March 2026. A few months before the next World Cup…
The 2026 World Cup with Guardiola on the Brazilian bench?
Ronaldo, who in Brazil is already campaigning to succeed Ednaldo Rodrigues, benefits from the support of many football figures in the country, with a presumed trump card in his pocket since the person concerned is betting big on Pep Guardiola, his ideal future coach. The Spanish strategist has never hidden his desire to one day officiate on an international scale, R9 is well aware of this and has already made contact according to Sport.
The Spanish sports publication specifies that the Skyblues manager has not yet decided, although flattered by the Brazilian interest also expressed in the past already towards his counterparts Carlo Ancelotti and Zinedine Zidane. Currently owner and president of Real Valladolid, in Spain, but also of his own training club, Cruzeiro, Ronaldo sees big for the Seleçao by 2026. Such a take on the Auriverde bench would be resounding indeed.
