Australia will decide on a successor for Socceroos coach Ange Postecoglou by mid-February, the country's football association said on Tuesday, as former England boss Sven-Goran Eriksson emerged as a surprise candidate.
Football Federation Australia said on Tuesday it had formed a nine person panel and engaged a consulting firm to access candidates to take Australia to the World Cup in Russia and beyond.
Postecoglou announced his resignation last week after four years in the role, having recently secured Australia's qualificatioj to a fourth successive World Cup.
FFA chief executive David Gallop said last week that the governing body's preference was for another Australian coach but on Tuesday said it was keeping its options open.
"As things stand, no-one is ruled in or out," he said in a statement. "We are open minded about whether the coach is Australian or someone from overseas but they must live in Australia, embrace the progress on and off the field that has been achieved with national teams over the past four years (...) and be prepared to be an ambassaor for our sport here and abroad.
"FFA's starting point is to appoint a coach for the long term but we will be advised on this and other matters by our expert panel."
A number of high-profile international coaches have been linked with the role but Eriksson became the first to declare his interest publicly, according to a report in Melbourne's Herald-Sun newspaper on Tuesday.
Reuters/Melbourne
Football Federation Australia said on Tuesday it had formed a nine person panel and engaged a consulting firm to access candidates to take Australia to the World Cup in Russia and beyond.
Postecoglou announced his resignation last week after four years in the role, having recently secured Australia's qualificatioj to a fourth successive World Cup.
FFA chief executive David Gallop said last week that the governing body's preference was for another Australian coach but on Tuesday said it was keeping its options open.
"As things stand, no-one is ruled in or out," he said in a statement. "We are open minded about whether the coach is Australian or someone from overseas but they must live in Australia, embrace the progress on and off the field that has been achieved with national teams over the past four years (...) and be prepared to be an ambassaor for our sport here and abroad.
"FFA's starting point is to appoint a coach for the long term but we will be advised on this and other matters by our expert panel."
A number of high-profile international coaches have been linked with the role but Eriksson became the first to declare his interest publicly, according to a report in Melbourne's Herald-Sun newspaper on Tuesday.
Reuters/Melbourne
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