India's football federation said applications for the national team's head coach role claiming to be from Pep Guardiola and Xavi were "not genuine."

A day after its top official claimed that World Cup-winning Spanish great Xavi Hernandez was among the applicants for India football coach's position, the All India Football Federation said that the e-mail received in his name was found to be "not genuine" and three others have been short-listed for the job.

The All India Football Federation (AIFF) has dismissed reports of coaching applications from Xavi Hernandez and Pep Guardiola as fake, confirming the emails were not genuine. Following this, the AIFF has narrowed down its search to three candidates: Stephen Constantine,