That’s according to a report from the Spanish outlet, Marca, on Thursday afternoon. Current Brazil boss, Tite, recently shocked everyone by revealing he will be leaving his role following this winter’s World Cup.

“I’m going until the end of the World Cup,” Tite told SporTV. “I have no reason to lie here. I don’t want to win anyway. I’ve won everything in my career, the only thing missing is the World Cup.”

    Brazil are currently favorites to win the tournament in Qatar having impressed throughout qualifying. And they’ve now identified Guardiola as the ideal candidate. The Brazil federation is ready to throw everything at the Spaniard and has already started talking to Pere Guardiola, Pep’s brother, and representative.

  They’re ready to offer Guardiola a four-year deal until the 2026 World Cup with a proposed salary of €12 million per year. While that’s a substantial amount for a national side manager, it’s well below his current €20 million salaries at Man City. But Brazil has ‘great confidence they can persuade Guardiola to accept the role.

    The former Barcelona manager has a contract at City that runs until 2023 so it remains to be seen whether he’d be willing to leave this summer or wait until next summer. But for Brazil, it’s apparently ‘impossible not to get excited at the prospect of Guardiola taking over from Tite. Guardiola formerly admitted he was interested in managing a national side by saying: “The next step will be a national team, yes, if there’s a chance. “I must have a break after seven years (at City), I need to stop to watch, learn from other players, and maybe that is the road I will take. … I would like to coach at the Euros, a Copa America, a World Cup.”

    And when asked specifically about this current Brazil side, Pep added: “It is a fantastic national team. Brazil is always a strong candidate or the favorite. It always was and it will always be.”