First statement from the Czech Republic regarding Fatih Terim
Finally, there has been an important development regarding Fatih Terim, who coached Saudi Arabian club Al-Shabab last year. It had been claimed that the 72-year-old manager would take charge of the Czech Republic national team. The first comment on the matter from the Czech side came from former footballer Pavel Nedved, who has been appointed as the Czech Republic's sporting director.
Fatih Terim, who coached Al-Shabab, one of the Saudi Arabian Pro League teams last year, left the team after the season ended. A striking claim was made the other day regarding the new destination of Fatih Terim, who has not coached any team for some time.
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Accordingly, Fatih Terim has begun talks with the Czech Republic national team, which has been linked with his name for some time. According to this claim, former footballer Pavel Nedved, who was appointed sporting director of the Czech Republic after working with Fatih Terim during his time at Al-Shabab, wants to see Terim at the helm of the team.
The Czech Republic, who will play a friendly match against San Marino on 13 November and face Gibraltar in a World Cup qualifier on 17 November, saw National Team General Manager Pavel Nedved make his first statement regarding the head coach rumours.
Responding to the question ‘Was Terim the name you suggested for the national team?’ at a press conference held on Friday, Nedved said:
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"This issue is neither here nor now. Jaroslav Köstl is here, and it would be wrong of me to speculate about any names regarding who we have or have not been in contact with. You know how things work in the national team. You always see the matches, and there are very few opportunities to fix things. How the matches go is important. Last time, we drew with Croatia and lost to the Faroe Islands, so we got one point, which wasn't enough for me. Now we need to take the final step and maintain our second place in the group."
