The man who made Barcelona the best football team on the planet, Josep Guardiola, is close to becoming the new coach of the Russian national football squad.
Sport-Express daily claims the plane carrying Guardiola will land in Moscow on Friday.
According to one of the paper's sources, former RFU head Sergay Fursenko signed a contract with the Spanish coach before retiring last week, while there’s also information that the details of a future deal are only to be discussed in the Russian capital.
During his four-year stay at Barcelona, Guardiola has won three Spanish championships and lifted the Champions League twice.
The 41-year-old announced quits from the club this May after the Catalans missed out on both the La Liga and Champions League titles.
Russia are in search of a new coach after Dick Advocaat decided not to prolong his deal with the RFU, leaving the national team right after their failure in the Euro 2012 group stages.
Italy’s Fabio Capello, Zenit coach Luciano Spaletti as well as local specialists Valery Gazzaev and Aleksandr Borodyuk are also linked with the Russian job.
Sport-Express daily claims the plane carrying Guardiola will land in Moscow on Friday.
According to one of the paper's sources, former RFU head Sergay Fursenko signed a contract with the Spanish coach before retiring last week, while there’s also information that the details of a future deal are only to be discussed in the Russian capital.
During his four-year stay at Barcelona, Guardiola has won three Spanish championships and lifted the Champions League twice.
The 41-year-old announced quits from the club this May after the Catalans missed out on both the La Liga and Champions League titles.
Russia are in search of a new coach after Dick Advocaat decided not to prolong his deal with the RFU, leaving the national team right after their failure in the Euro 2012 group stages.
Italy’s Fabio Capello, Zenit coach Luciano Spaletti as well as local specialists Valery Gazzaev and Aleksandr Borodyuk are also linked with the Russian job.
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