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Canada Soccer has approached former Manchester United supervisor Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and American coach Jesse Marsch about taking cost of the boys’s nationwide group after failing to land an interview with adorned Portuguese coach Jose Mourinho, sources informed The Commonplace’s Nizaar Kinsella.
It is reportedly unclear if Solskjaer or Marsch will proceed in talks with the federation, which is on the lookout for a everlasting supervisor to interchange John Herdman.
One in every of Herdman’s assistants, Mauro Biello, is at the moment main the nationwide group on an interim foundation and will see it by its first-ever Copa America this summer time.
Solskjaer has been on the sidelines since leaving United in November 2021. He amassed a 91-37-40 file whereas accountable for the Crimson Devils however didn’t win any silverware.
Marsch moved to Italy after he was fired as Leeds United supervisor in February 2023. He lasted lower than a 12 months within the job. The 50-year-old additionally coached Erling Haaland throughout his time at Crimson Bull Salzburg.
Mourinho politely turned down the chance to talk with Canada as a result of he is ready for a higher-profile position, in response to Kinsella.
Canada Soccer appears bold in its seek for Herdman’s successor. Earlier this month, former Chelsea boss Frank Lampard reportedly rejected a shock strategy from the federation. Carlo Ancelotti’s former assistant, Paul Clement, and ex-Middlesbrough supervisor Aitor Karanka are thought of different candidates for the position.
Herdman stepped down in August after main Canada’s males’s group to its first World Cup in 36 years. Quite a lot of off-field monetary points – which remarkably raised the specter of chapter – have negatively affected this system.
