26/7/2025–|Last update: 17:22 (Mecca time)
The Indian Football Association revealed today, Saturday, the fact that there are two requests in the name of the Spanish coaches, Pep Guardiola and Xavi Hernandez, to train the first Indian team, who is looking for a new coach.
The national team manager of the Times of India newspaper said on Thursday that the name of the former Barcelona star and coach was listed in the list of applicants.
The newspaper report quoted a member of the technical committee of the Indian Federation as saying that his candidacy was very expensive so that the matter could be continued.
“The Indian Football Association received an email, which includes two requests from Spanish coaches, Pep Guardiola, and Chipi Hernandez, it was not possible to verify the validity of their orders, and it was later found that the two applications via e -mail were not real,” the federation said in a statement.
It was not previously announced that the Indian Federation has received a claim to be from Manchester City coach Guardiola.
The Technical Committee of the Indian Federation announced that it had reviewed 170 requests to the position of the Indian team coach for men, and reduced the list to 10 before choosing only 3 candidates.
The Indian Football Federation dismissed the former coach of the national team, Igor Steimmeta, in June of last year, before the appointment of Spanish Manolo Marquis, who left his job this month, and returned to the training of the “FC Joa” team in the Indian Premier League.
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