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HONG KONG (Reuters) – Iraqi football officials are confident that former England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson will sign up for the next year's Asian Cup final, sources have told Reuters.
Eriksson puts with representatives of the Iraq Football Association in Istanbul this week and a federation source said the Swede had agreed to take charge of the team.
Sources close to Eriksson, however
The final year of the Asian Cup final, 12 years after claiming their sole continental title.
They were drawn with Iran, Vietnam and Yemen in the group phase of the tournament, which will kick off in the United Arab Emirates on Jan. 5.
Eriksson, who led England to the quarter-finals of the 2002 World Cup finals, has not coached international level since working on the Ivory Coast at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.
His most recent role was in China's second division when in Shenzhen FC. Guangzhou R & F and Shanghai SIPG
Prior to working with England, Eriksson won league titles in Sweden, Portugal and Italy.
(Reporting by Michael Church, Editing by Peter Rutherford)
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