Rio De Janeiro, May 6 -- The Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) aims to name a new men's national team manager by next week, sporting director Rodrigo Caetano said.

The position has been vacant since March 28, when Dorival Junior was sacked following a 4-1 World Cup qualifying defeat to Argentina in Buenos Aires.

Caetano on Monday said he continued assessing potential candidates with CBF president Ednaldo Rodrigues and technical coordinator Juan Santos.

"We are constantly in internal meetings ... and we are trying to confirm this name as quickly as possible," Caetano told Sportv.

"Due to the confidential nature of our negotiations, it is practically impossible for us to talk about probabilities. We know that it is a national iss...