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IRNA – The coach of second
division Bundesliga club FC Cologne, Christoph Daum has received an offer to
train the Iranian national football team, FC Cologne manager Michael Meier
confirmed to the online site of the Koelner Express newspaper.
An Iranian person who spoke German contacted me by phone. We were prepared
to receive a phone call from Iran, added the FC Cologne official, alluding
to ongoing rumours about an Iranian offer for the 54-year-old Daum.
Meier added that he did not think that Daum whose contract with FC Cologne
runs through 2010, would agree to the Iranian deal.
This is the second time after 2000 that Daum has received a bid to coach
Iran.
A front-runner for the coaching job of the German national football squad
eight years ago, Daum was forced to abandon his dream after failing a drug
test.
Daum whose coaching stints included also VfB Stuttgart, Besiktas Istanbul,
Bayer Leverkusen, Austria Vienna and Fenerbahce Istanbul, announced earlier
that he had rejected national team coaching offers from the US, Serbia,
Poland and South Africa.
According to earlier sports reports, another German coach, Peter Neururer
had also been on the shortlist of the Iranian Football Federation.
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