Rumor has it Marcel Desailly has put his hat in the ring to succeed Milovan Rajevac as the Black Stars coach. If you remember, Rajevac left the Ghana post to coach Al-Ahli in Saudi Arabia after leading them to the quarters of the World Cup this summer in South Africa.  The Ghana Association has [...]

Wow, its been messy for Brazil trying to find a replacement for Dunga as Brazil manager. With Leonardo and Scolari previously frontrunning, over the last week, it seemed to come down to2 men from within Brazil – Mano Menezes and Muricy Ramalho, the coaches of respectively, Corinthians and Fluminense.
Menezes had previously become the frontrunner, [...]

The old adage, England invented the game and the Brazilians mastered it. You wouldn’t believe that if you watched the World Cup in South Africa, as both sides crashed out relatively early. Both are pondering the question of whether the nationality of a national coach is important, and if it is important, how much so?
England [...]

Marcelo Bielsa may never be forgiven by Argentina fans for crashing out of the 2002 World Cup in the first round.  His Argentine team were considered favorites after winning the CONMEBOL regional qualifiers, but couldn’t get past either England or Sweden in the group stage.  In hindsight, his tactics (once praised) were dubbed too inflexible, [...]

There was a time when the names Diego Armando Maradona, Carlos Bilardo and the Argentine National team were synonymous with success. The magical run to the 1986 World Cup made both men house hold names in the sport, and heroes back home.
Boy, does that seem like a life time ago.

“If I don’t become a bitter old jealous man by then I might continue.”
–Russia coach Guus Hiddink, on whether he might continue coaching after the 2010 World Cup

Seems Fabio Capello’s appointment as England boss has caused a huge sigh of relief in Roberto Donadoni’s house. It was an odd situation to have such an experienced manager out of work while such an inexperienced manager was in charge of the Azzurri. But Capello not only grabbed the (well-paying) England job with both hands, [...]

It’s still not 100% official, but we’re 99% sure that Fabio Capello will be England’s new £6 million a year manager any day now [update: it just became official] It seems like the smart appointment, particularly as England need someone unafraid of star players, unaffected by tabloid silliness and unwavering in his tactical discipline. Capello [...]

After dangling himself in front of England for the last couple of weeks, like a donut just out of Homer Simpson’s reach (and making the English media drool accordingly) Jose Mourinho has finally himself unavailable for work yesterday afternoon. Proof indeed that the essence of being The Special One is the essence of “what if?” [...]

South Korea have bucked the trend in international football by hiring… a South Korean. Huh Jung-Moo has already done the job once, from 1998 to 2000, but was appointed after the South Korean FA got a “non, merci” and a “thanks but no thanks” from Frenchman Gerard Houllier and Irishman/Yorkshireman Mick McCarthy respectively. So the [...]