Real Madrid head coach to start Seleção job on 26 May Brazilian FA hails ‘the coming together of two icons’Carlo Ancelotti has been confirmed as the new manager of the Brazil men’s team, the first foreign national to take sole charge of the world’s most ­successful national side since 1925.After months of speculation, it has been confirmed that the 65-year-old Italian will leave Real Madrid at the end of the Spanish domestic ­season to take up his first ­international ­coaching role. The ­Brazilian ­Football Confederation (CBF) revealed the news in a statement on Monday, welcoming ­Ancelotti, a man they described as a “legend” of the game, and expressing excitement about “a new era of success” under his leadership. Continue reading...