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New coach by Friday?

Sports Reporter
The Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) hope to strike a deal with a British coach for the national team within next Friday, approxi-
mately six weeks after British-born Australian coach Andrew Ord left the position, informed BFF national teams' committee chairman and vice president Kazi Nabil Ah med yesterday.
Shortly after Ord's sudden departure, with two months to go on his one-year contract, BFF president Kazi Salahuddin announced that they will rope in another foreign coach within the following 10 days. However, the BFF have taken more than a month to select a UEFA A licensed coach, who apparently has never managed a national team.
"We can't disclose the name of the new coach yet because a couple of issues have not been settled. We hope to strike a deal by next Friday and disclose his name on Saturday. He is likely to take charge of the national team and under-23 side on June 1," said Nabil after a meeting at his office in Dhanmondi yesterday.
Nabil spoke to the potential head coach in London during his two-week stay in England and the BFF vice president seems convinced with the manager's credentials.
"He is a British coach having a UEFA A license and a good academic background.
We hope he will start from where Ord left. He will also work with the U-23 team," Nabil informed while adding that they are also going to begin the national team's fitness training on either June 19 or June 20 at Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protisthan under the guidance of existing coaching staff.
It was previously planned that the hooters would remain in training ahead of the SAFF Championship but Ord's exit put a pause on the preparation camp for nearly one-and-a-halfmonths.
"There is still five months left till the SAFF Championship and the players need only one month to regain their fitness. So we are not late to start the fitness training camp. Besides, we also halted the training camp purposefully because the players had been involved in domestic competitions for a longtime,” explained Nabil.
About 35 players are expected to undertake the fitness training under Portuguese fitness trainer Mario Lemos.
The new head coach will simultaneously conduct training for both the senior national team and U-23 team since the Asian Games and SAFF Championship will be held in August and September respectively.
The national teams' committee will also arrange two or three practice matches against either club teams or national teams as part of their preparations for both tournaments.