TOR CHITTINAND
Ex-England international Peter Reid or former Germany's assistant coach Holger Osieck are among the frontrunners to become Thailand's new national coach.
After his return from Europe yesterday, Football Association of Thailand (FAT) president Worawi Makudi said he was in talks with the duo to succeed Chanvit Phalajivin who quit last month.
''We are negotiating the details with Peter Reid of England and German Holger Osieck,'' he said.
Reid has coached Manchester City, Sunderland, Leeds and Coventry as well as England's Under-21 side. He has been introduced to the FAT by the English FA.
Holger was Franz Beckenbauer's assistant during Germany's World Cup winning campaign in 1990.
He coached Canada to win the Gold Cup in 2000 and steered Japanese side Urawa Red Diamonds to win the AFC Champions League last season. However, he was recently fired by the J-League club after a poor start to the new season.
Beckenbauer, who is close to Worawi, has suggested Osieck for the FAT.
''A deal will be finalised in a few weeks and I will formally announce who will be the new national coach,'' said Worawi.
Worawi, also a Fifa vice president, dismissed reports that he had approached Bora Milutinovic of Serbia.
Press reports here also suggested that the Thai FA would not hire him because he asked for too much money and this upset Worawi.
''The reports about Milutinovic were completely untrue. This only made us and him look bad,'' he said.
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