Guardiola 'not interested' in Brazil job

"I have never received any contact from the CBF (Brazilian Football Confederation)," Guardiola's agent Josep Maria Orobitg was quoted as saying by the sports daily Lance.

"I speak frequently with Pep and he instructed me not to negotiate with anyone interested in hiring him ... I deny all of this."

Brazilian fans have created online groups asking for Guardiola to be appointed in place of Menezes, who has come in for stinging criticism for the national team's style of play and their disappointing showing at the London Olympics football tournament, where it snared the silver medal after losing in the final to Mexico.

Sections of the Brazilian media have questioned Menezes' suitability for the post, but the CBF has not yet shown any intention to replace the coach ahead of the 2014 FIFA World Cup, which Brazil will host.

"It is difficult to talk about the future," said Orobitg. "But I don't think Pep would want the Brazil job or the position of coach of any national team.

"He really likes European football, especially club football."

Guardiola left Barcelona in May after four hugely successful seasons in charge.

He is currently living in New York where, according to Orobitg, "he is happy, with his wife and children, who are already enrolled in a school there."