Football Australia need Graham Arnold to guide the Socceroos to the subsequent World Cup.
FA chief government officer James Johnson informed CODE Sports that dialogue with Arnold will happen imminently with a view to locking the coach down till 2026.
“Graham did an outstanding job in this past cycle. He exceeded our expectations,” Johnson mentioned. “He did very well, very happy with him, personally very proud of him. [We have a] great working relationship with him and we’ll be talking to him very soon.”
Australia’s 2022 World Cup marketing campaign was practically railroaded by the pandemic and was brutal on Arnold personally, given the lengthy durations in quarantine and isolation.
He was below stress to maintain his job after World Cup qualification losses