Glorea Bentil, AfricaNews reporter in Accra, Ghana
West African nation Ivory Coast are switching their radar focus on Swedish coach Sven-Goran Eriksson to lead the Les Elephants to the summer World Cup in South Africa. Weeks of talks with Dutchman Guus Hiddink have not yielded positive results yet.
Media report last week suggested that it was only a matter of time before the Ivorian Football Association appointed Dutch coach Hiddink as the new man in charge of the orange men.
Negotiations with the former Netherlands and Australia boss haven't led to an agreement so far though according to Goal.com.
"Ivorian federation directors, who are looking for a coach to lead the Elephants of the Ivory Coast, have had discussions with coach Sven-Goran Eriksson, who showed his desire to lead the Ivorian team in the 2010 World Cup," read an official statement of the Ivorian FA.
Ivory Coast are without a head coach due to the departure of Vahid Halilhodzic in the last week of February. The Bosnian gaffer was sacked following the disappointing performances at the African Nations Cup.
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