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Following the meeting between Vahid Halilhodzic and Kheireddine Zetchi last week in France about a possible return of the Bosnian national team, we took bond with the former coach of Japan to know whether he had decided or not. And if the latter seems very interested in the offer of the FAF, Vahid lets us know that some details still make him hesitate. Details which, in his opinion, have nothing to do with the financial aspect.
It is believed that you are in full negotiations with the Algerian Football Federation, what is it exactly?
Of course, I received an official offer from the Algerian Football Federation. We have discussed recently on a lot of points, but for the moment there is nothing official about my return to the head of the Algerian selection.
Sincerely the proposal of the FAF interests you?
Sure yes since I agreed to discuss and sit around the negotiating table with officials of Algerian football , now it's not done yet because things are not as simple as we can believe …
And why so?
Well for not hiding anything and after that I was contacted, and to make my own idea, I decided to review the last four games played by Algeria in recent months, and the least we can say is that it is not too much joy.
What do you mean exactly?
From what I have seen and seen is that there is a huge building site and a lot of work to do to build a strong team, and believe me it's not as obvious as one might think.
Do not you feel able to do that?
That's not the problem. Thank God, I still have all my health, and at this level I do not have to complain. After that, there are far too many parameters that need to come into play and details that I can not spread in the press now, because we are still in discussions. But what is certain is that it is not a question of money. It is not the financial aspect that will motivate my choice or my decision, but rather the sports project that I will be exposed to.
Did the President's Speech Seduce You?
Once again, I can not give too much detail about the time we are still discussing. I managed to build a team that achieved the second round in Brazil at Mondial in 2014, and rebuilding such a strong selection requires a lot of effort from everyone. It's a big job that will not happen overnight. We have raised some points with the FAF during the negotiations, but there are still details that are not settled, and again it is not related to the financial aspect.
Do you think that this can be solved and find an agreement?
It will be seen how things will evolve because it will not depend only on me, but as I already told you it depends on several other settings.
When do you think you will take a decision?
Soon, not to say very soon
Asma H. A.
This is why Vahid reviewed his position in 2 weeks
Throughout the last few days, you have been told the details and the evolution of the negotiations between Vahid Halilhodzic and the FAF
And the least we can say is that in a relatively short period of time (2 weeks), the Bosnian has considerably revised his position as to a probable return to the leadership of the Greens. The latter, who had managed the feat of qualifying the EN for the 1/8 finals of the World Cup 2014.
It is true that for now nothing is official yet, since the two parties are still at the stage of negotiations, but what is certain, and unlike a few days ago, it is that Vahid would have been for the first time excited by the Algerian offer, he who at first, it is just a little over two weeks ago, he said no in a very diplomatic way, mentioning some reasons related to his family, and the fact that he was also mentally fatigued after what he had lived in Japan. .
Many assurances from Zetchi, but …
But since then, and as reported in our columns throughout the past few days, things seemed to be moving in the right direction.
In fact, it started with a broken-up debate in France between the Bosnian coach, FAF boss Kheireddine Zetchi and his vice president Rebbouh Haddad in France less than two weeks ago. It must be said that the two men had traveled especially to France to meet Vahid. Following this meeting, Vahid began to review his position, indicating to FAF that he would like to have time for reflection as long as he has several offers on the table and that he will decide by the end of the World Cup. But given the urgency of the moment, and knowing that Zetchi wants at all costs that the coach be appointed as soon as possible to allow him to prepare for the match against The Gambia on September 7 in the best possible conditions, the president of the Algerian Football Federation has once again relaunched it.
And it is at this time that friends in common play the intermediaries between the two parties. The latter told Halilhodzic that the new president of the federation is a connoisseur of football and that he would like to build a real team on solid bases. As a result, and during his recent and short stay in France last week, Zetchi meets the Bosnian for the second time.
The boss of the FAF has managed most of the job, remains the last straight
Indeed, knowing Vahid Halilhodzic very sharp on the details, he was reluctant to start, especially compared to the entourage of the EN he does not know, but also to the big project that he expects to build a new solid team as he has so clearly specified in his remarks, the speech of Zetchi l would have appealed, but some aspects still remain unresolved. It must be said that the boss of the FAF has presented a very exciting medium-term sports project, while reassuring Halilhodzic that he will have carte blanche and that nobody will interfere in his work. But the apprehensions of the former coach of Japan especially in relation to the entourage of the Greens he does not know, still make him hesitate. Kheireddine Zetchi has therefore used good arguments to change the position of Vahid in two weeks. It remains now to convince him to take the reins of EN again.
Asma H. A.
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