Neymar urged Brazil to sign Carlo Ancelotti

Carlo Ancelotti has been officially confirmed as Brazil's new coach. The coach of Real Madrid will take over the position after the end of La Liga with 'Los Blancos' and will remain on the bench of the ‘Selecao’ until the 2026 World Cup.

In the national team, he will meet with Neymar. The now Santos player has been an essential part in the arrival of the Italian, according to ‘Sport’. This source speaks of pressure on the CBF to choose him and not Jorge Jesus, his coach at Al Hilal, with whom there was an agreement.

The player himself blamed the Portuguese coach, who triumphed in Flamengo, for his departure from Saudi Arabia after not giving him enough minutes and opportunities to reappear once he left behind his serious physical problems. This bad relationship would have influenced the final decision despite the fact that, after the dismissal of Dorival Junior after the 4-1 defeat against Argentina, everything was agreed for the arrival of Jorge Jesus. There is hope that Neymar can once again be the star of a ‘Selecao’ that needs top players to return to the top.

The arrival of Ancelotti means that, at last, the Italian and the Santos-bred player are finally at the same place. In 2013, Real Madrid came very close to signing the then-promising 21-year-old. "I turned down a blank check," said Neymar, who ended up signing for Barcelona for 57 million euros, on the podcast 'Podpah'.