The sage rumbled on and on. Following a three-hour meeting at Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) headquarters on Tuesday evening, Tite has at last been confirmed as the new Brazil boss, replacing the outgoing Dunga this Wednesday afternoon (link in Portuguese). ESPN FC confirms this as well.
Quite what was being hammered out in finer detail was left unclear. However, it did seem faintly ludicrous as Tuesday evening wore on, and the worst kept football secret in the land was still waiting to be made official.
Every few minutes or so, the Fox Sports Brasil studio cut to Barra da Tijuca and the CBF offices, only to be told, for the umpteenth time, that no, as far as everyone was concerned, Tite was still the manager of Corinthians and would take charge of the side's Brazilian league encounter with Fluminense on Thursday evening as normal.