Brazilian media revealed on Thursday that there are advanced negotiations between Brazilian coach Fabio Carel to take over the Al Ain team to succeed Croatian coach Evan Liko, who was fired from his position last week due to poor results.

Globo Sport, Toriko and Govmaben agreed that the advanced negotiations are expected to culminate in coach Karel taking over the technical leadership of Al Ain team after he remained unemployed for two months after he was sacked from training the Brazilian Corinthians.