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Big Phil Scolari To Stay With Portugal?

His name may have been tied once again to the England post according to reports this evening, the Gene Hackman of football - Big Phil Scolari - is on the lookout for a contract extension with Portugal in the hope of guiding them to the World Cup in 2010.

His name has been linked once again with the now vacant English job though with the English FA anxious to appoint a big name and Portugal having qualified for this coming summer’s tournament Scolari has already insisted he’s not interested in replacing Steve McClaren.

If anything I don’t see why the Portuguese FA wouldn’t re-appoint him until 2010. The only other person I would imagine them putting in the job would be Jose Mourinho and at that he’ll be snapped up early in the new year if not before, also quite possibly for the English job.

As is the case with Marco Van Basten, Scolari’s contract expires after the Euro 2008 final but where Van Basten has opted to quit Holland after the Championships, Scolari is very eager to stay on in the Portuguese job claiming that he loves Portugal “even more than Brazil”. Having taken Portugal to the semi final of the World Cup last year, and all the way to the final on home soil in Euro 2004 I don’t see any reason he’ll not be offered a contract extension in the summer.

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