The All India Football Federation (AIFF) announced that applications for the national team's head coach role from Pep Guardiola and Xavi Hernández were not authentic. AIFF evaluated 170 applications and shortlisted three candidates. An AIFF technical committee member mentioned Xavi's candidacy was too costly to pursue. The federation had previously sacked Igor Stimac and appointed Manolo Marquez, who recently resigned to rejoin FC Goa. The AIFF affirmed that the email claims from the Spanish coaches could not be confirmed as genuine.
The AIFF received an email furnishing the applications from Spanish coaches Pep Guardiola and Xavi Hernández. The authenticity of their applications could not be confirmed, and it has since emerged that the email applications were not genuine.
Xavi's candidacy was deemed too expensive to pursue, according to an AIFF technical committee member.
The AIFF has evaluated 170 applications for the head coach role, eventually shortlisting three candidates and dismissing applications from Guardiola and Xavi as hoaxes.
The AIFF's national team director stated that ex- Barcelona coach Xavi's name was on the list of applicants.
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