Bayern Munich manager Pep Guardiola wanted to coach Brazil at last summer's World Cup finals, according to defender Dani Alves.

The Barcelona full-back said that his former boss did not get the job because Brazilian football officials had reservations about appointing a foreign coach.

"Pep said he wanted to make Brazil a World Cup champion and had an entire strategy to make us a world champion," Alves told ESPN.

"They didn't want it, because they said that they didn't know if Brazil would accept a foreign coach."

Guardiola won 14 trophies in four seasons during his time at Barcelona and has since guided Bayern to back-to-back league titles.