Carlo Ancelotti has held talks with intermediaries over becoming the new Brazil coach if his second stint at Real Madrid comes to an end.
Ancelotti’s future at the Bernabeu is in doubt following Real’s 5-1 aggregate defeat to Arsenal in the Champions League quarter-finals on Wednesday night.
Bayer Leverkusen coach Xabi Alonso is favourite to return to Madrid in the summer and replace Ancelotti, who has won three of his five Champions League titles with the Spanish club.
The 65-year-old is being strongly linked with the Brazil job after Dorival Junior was sacked in the wake of his country’s 4-1 humiliation at the hands of rivals Argentina in World Cup qualifying last month.