Alves: Guardiola Wanted to Coach Brazil

In an interview with ESPN, Barcelona right back Dani Alves claims that former coach Pep Guardiola wanted to coach Brazil at the 2014 World Cup but local soccer officials were afraidfans would not like having a foreign coach in charge of the national team. “Pep said he wanted to make Brazil a World Cup champion and had an entire strategy to make us a world champion,” he said.”Pep is the best coach in the world, the greatest sports manager I’ve ever seen. He revolutionized soccer, revolutionized a team, and we had the chance to have him with us,” the Brazilian defenderlamented. “If you let an opportunity like this go by then you are not really thinking about the national team.”