Egypt is getting close to Tigana

Jean Tigana will be the next coach of the Pharaos? In the midst of a research for a coach for the national team, the Football Egyptian federation (FEF) has come closer to the former coach of Monaco and Fulham. It would even be close to conclude an agreement with the former member of the "magic square" of the french national team, according to the Egyptian site "YallaKora. Thus, Tigana is expected in Cairo on Friday to observe the Egyptian national team during its first friendly match of the year, against Uganda.
According to YallaKora, the federation has proposed a 60 000 dollars monthly contract to Tigana to conduct the selection in the next 18 months for the coupled Playoffs World Cup-CAN 2006. Tigana is not the only candidate on the list which also includes the former coach of Cameroon Winfried Schäfer, the Franco-Polish Henri Kasperczak and another Frenchman, Bruno Metsu, currently engaged with the Qatari club "al-Arabi". Last season already, the Egyptian club "al-Ahly", named club of the century by the African Confederation, had attempted to hire Tigana, but the club could not afford it, because of the 35 000 dollars monthly requested .. . If he accepts the contract proposed by the Federation, Tigana will be the second Frenchman to lead the Pharaos, after Gérard Gili (CAN 2000) and he will be the successor to Hassan Shehata, interim coach since the dismissal of the Italian Marco Tardelli.

This article was written for the french magazine "France Football"