Auriverde football could soon enter a new era. In any case, this is the ambition carried by Ronaldo Nazario. The former international striker (48 years old), crowned world champion with the Seleçao in 2002, officially announced his candidacy for the presidency of the Brazilian Football Confederation on Tuesday. Currently at the head of Valladolid, the double Ballon d’Or (1997, 2002) intends to leave the Spanish club to launch an attack on the CBF.
“We are negotiating a possible sale very soon and we should close the deal. This will not be an obstacle to my candidacy”he says in an interview with Globo Esporte. His goal is to dethrone Ednaldo Rodrigues, whose mandate will end in 2026, and return Brazil to the top of the hierarchy, something it has not known for 22 years. During the last five editions of the World Cup, he stopped in the quarter-finals four times.
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“Listening to former players will be important in my management plan, to bring back the legends of Brazilian football to the rank of protagonists. My goal is to make CBF the most appreciated company in Brazilexplains the former striker, who notably played for FC Barcelona, ​​Inter Milan, Real Madrid and AC Milan. I have hundreds of motivations, but the biggest is to bring Brazilian football back with respect to the world level. »
“What happens to me the most in the street are people who stop and ask me to return to the game, because the situation of the Seleção is not the best at the moment, both on and off the field “, he continues. To revive the Seleçao, which has not won anything since the Copa AmĂ©rica in 2019, Ronaldo would have in mind to offer the position of coach to Pep Guardiola, who does not exclude the idea of ​​​​managing a national team after his departure from Manchester City.
