JOSE MOURINHO will be the next Brazil manager and is already lining up his assistant coach, according to former player Carlos Alberto.
Tite left the five-time World Cup winners following their quarter-final exit to Croatia in Qatar.
And Alberto, who scored in the final for Porto against Monaco in 2004 when they won the Champions League under Mourinho, is reporting the Portuguese coach will take over.
But not only that, he also claims Mourinho has already asked him to be his assistant.
Speaking on the Mundo GV podcast, he said: “Let me say it directly. Perhaps Mourinho will be Brazil’s new coach. This is news I’m publicly reporting.
“He’s also asked me to work as his assistant.”
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Mourinho, 59, has a deal with Roma until the end of the 2023/24 campaign.
It is understood the Serie A giants are keen for the former Chelsea, Inter Milan and Real Madrid man to stay.
Roma currently sit sixth in the Italian top flight, three points adrift of the Champions League places.
But The Mail are reporting that Mourinho is hopeful the club will not stand in his way if the Brazil job is still available in the summer.
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He has also been linked with his own country’s national team – Portugal.
However, Roberto Martinez, who left his post as Belgium boss after the World Cup, now looks set to take charge of the Euro 2016 champions.
Meanwhile, another name linked with the Brazil job is Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti.
But the Italian, 63, would not be willing to take the international offer until the end of the current season.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
