Former international Dollah Salleh is tipped to become the new national football coach.
It is learnt that Dollah, who is now with Premier League side Shahzan Muda, has received an offer to take the hot seat vacated by B. Sathianathan, whose services was terminated last month.
Former Sarawak coach Jalil Ramli and former Police coach K. Thaiyanathan have also been linked to become the assistant coaches.
Newly-appointed national team manager Datuk Gulzar Mohd Nor indicated last month that he preferred local coaches to take the jobs.
Dollah turned to coaching in 2003 and he got off to a great start, leading Petaling Jaya Municipal Council (MPPJ) to become the first club to win the Malaysia Cup.
In 2005, Dollah guided Selangor to win the treble — the Premier League, FA Cup and Malaysia Cup titles.
Besides Dollah, it is learnt that the other candidates considered for the national coach’s job included Kedah’s Mohd Azrai Khor and Selangor’s K. Devan.
The FA of Malaysia (FAM) general secretary, Datuk Azzuddin Ahmad, said that the technical committee had shortlisted three candidates from the initial 10 for two vacant positions — in the national and Under-23 (SEA Games) sides.
And Harimau Muda (national Under-19) coach K. Rajagopal is set to take charge of the side for the Laos SEA Games in December.
“It is highly likely that the decisions would be made at the council meeting on April 11,” said Azzuddin yesterday.
The national coach would be in charge of the team for the high-profile friendly match against English giants Manchester United on July 25 and the Merdeka Tournament from July 31-Aug 9.
The national team are also involved in the Asia Cup qualifying tournament and their next match is against Uzbekistan in November. Sathianathan’s contract with the national team was terminated after a 0-5 drubbing by the United Arab Emirates in their opening match of the qualifiers on Jan 21.
Meanwhile, Sathianathan re-ceived on Monday the letter terminating his services as national coach and he said that he would look at the legal aspects of the contract before deciding on the next course of action.
“I have been given a month’s notice and will leave the FAM at the end of April,” he said yesterday.
It is learnt that Dollah, who is now with Premier League side Shahzan Muda, has received an offer to take the hot seat vacated by B. Sathianathan, whose services was terminated last month.
Former Sarawak coach Jalil Ramli and former Police coach K. Thaiyanathan have also been linked to become the assistant coaches.
Newly-appointed national team manager Datuk Gulzar Mohd Nor indicated last month that he preferred local coaches to take the jobs.
Dollah turned to coaching in 2003 and he got off to a great start, leading Petaling Jaya Municipal Council (MPPJ) to become the first club to win the Malaysia Cup.
In 2005, Dollah guided Selangor to win the treble — the Premier League, FA Cup and Malaysia Cup titles.
Besides Dollah, it is learnt that the other candidates considered for the national coach’s job included Kedah’s Mohd Azrai Khor and Selangor’s K. Devan.
The FA of Malaysia (FAM) general secretary, Datuk Azzuddin Ahmad, said that the technical committee had shortlisted three candidates from the initial 10 for two vacant positions — in the national and Under-23 (SEA Games) sides.
And Harimau Muda (national Under-19) coach K. Rajagopal is set to take charge of the side for the Laos SEA Games in December.
“It is highly likely that the decisions would be made at the council meeting on April 11,” said Azzuddin yesterday.
The national coach would be in charge of the team for the high-profile friendly match against English giants Manchester United on July 25 and the Merdeka Tournament from July 31-Aug 9.
The national team are also involved in the Asia Cup qualifying tournament and their next match is against Uzbekistan in November. Sathianathan’s contract with the national team was terminated after a 0-5 drubbing by the United Arab Emirates in their opening match of the qualifiers on Jan 21.
Meanwhile, Sathianathan re-ceived on Monday the letter terminating his services as national coach and he said that he would look at the legal aspects of the contract before deciding on the next course of action.
“I have been given a month’s notice and will leave the FAM at the end of April,” he said yesterday.
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