The president of Brazil asked the Italian coach, current coach of Canarinha, to take command of Corinthians Carlo Ancelotti, Monday in Brasilia EFE Updated 28/01/2026 09:34 CET Carlos Ancelotti He hasn't been on the Brazilian team's bench for a year and requests are already arriving. The Italian, who signed a contract with Canarinha in May 2025 after a successful spell at Real Madrid, was at the Palácio do Planalto, in Brasília, this Monday, in a meeting with Gianni Infantino (FIFA) and the president of the CBF, Samir Xaud, in which many topics were discussed, including next year's Women's World Cup. Also read Also present at this meeting of football directors was the president of Brazil, Lula da Silva, who joked (but who knows if he was serious) about the possibility of seeing Carlo Ancelotti as coach of Corinthians, of which he is an avowed supporter. “When you finish your contract with the Brazilian national team, please come and coach Corinthians,” said Lula, who will not have to wait long to find out what Ancelotti, who signed a one-year contract with the Seleção, will decide. Show comments {"allow as": /desperate request-carlo-sloth-sight. Loading next content... gg.didomi.doWhenConsent(!window.didomiBypass, 'c:facebooka-frU9M5JY', function () { console.log('facebook-ad-def'); !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s) {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod? n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)}; if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0'; n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0; t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script', 'https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/fbevents.js'); fbq('init', '682047071976590'); fbq('track', 'PageView'); });