“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 [...]

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 [...]

The Socceroos finally have a new manager and it’s…. another Dutchman. Pim Verbeek is the man chosen to guide the Aussies through their first Asian World Cup qualification experience, with the obvious goal of being amongst the 32 teams taking up hotel space in South Africa come 2010. Fellow Dutchman Guus Hiddink is arguably Australia’s [...]

The Socceroos finally have a new manager and it’s…. another Dutchman. Pim Verbeek is the man chosen to guide the Aussies through their first Asian World Cup qualification experience, with the obvious goal of being amongst the 32 teams taking up hotel space in South Africa come 2010. Fellow Dutchman Guus Hiddink is arguably Australia’s [...]

Apologies for the awful pun, but that’s the sort of thing happens when someone is about to break football’s number one rule: never go back. Word from De Telegraaf is that Frank Rijkaard is on the KNVB’s four man shortlist to replace the departing Marco van Basten as Netherlands coach post-Euro 2008. If your memory’s [...]

Apologies for the awful pun, but that’s the sort of thing happens when someone is about to break football’s number one rule: never go back. Word from De Telegraaf is that Frank Rijkaard is on the KNVB’s four man shortlist to replace the departing Marco van Basten as Netherlands coach post-Euro 2008. If your memory’s [...]