25/05/2009 17:10
Football: Zenit coach Dick Advocat to head Belgium national team
Mentor Petersburg "Zenit" Dick Advocat will head the national team of Belgium from 1 January 2010, the President of the Royal Belgian Football Association Francois de Keersmaeker said, according to fut-bol.ru.
61-year-old Dutch specialist takes office as soon as his contract expires with "Zenit" (31 December 2009).
- We are ready to contract, valid until 2012 - Keersmaker sais, Reuters reported. - If we are qualifying for the European Championship 2012, an agreement will be automatically extended for six months. The contract is drawn up, the financial aspect, in general agreed. Left to agree on a number of parts, after which the transaction will be inevitable.
Terms of the contract, under which the lawyer will earn 600 thousand euros per year, has already conveyed to the Dutch. "Mr. Lawyer - our top candidate. We made him a proposal and we look forward to his final answer before the end of May," - he said.