Former Tottenham Hotspurs and Malaga coach Juande Ramos is among the several candidates that are in line for the Cameroon national team job.
The normalisation committee running Cameroon’s football federation (Fecafoot) stopped receiving applications for the job three-weeks ago but Ramos is understood to have applied alongside other high-profile managers around the world.
According to list seen by Soka25east,the one time Sevilla coach was among over 77 candidates to have shown interest in assuming the top job that fell vacant following the exit of Belgian Hugo Broos in December last year.
The others include Frenchman Alain Giresse, who managed Mali during the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations that was co-hosted by Gabon and Equatorial Guinea. The well-travelled tactician team believes his knowledge of African football will enable him prevail over the other candidates.
The 66-year-old has previously managed Senegal and was linked with vacant Benin national team job in January this year.
With application having been closed on March 24, the normalisation committee running Cameroon football association FECAFOOT will have to decide whether to consider a low-profile coach that will grow with the team or opt for established figures in the mould of Cruz.
Cruz is currently out of contract having parted ways with Spanish side Malaga in December 2016 and the mouth-watering opportunity of managing a national team -as promising as Indomitable Lions -is one that he might have found tempting.
“Football is susceptible to change and in adverse situations we managers are often the ones who are wronged,” he said when he resigned from Malaga.
Fecafoot announced early last month that it was seeking a top local or foreign coach, who has a ‘good record and has won national or international titles as a player, club or national coach’.
There are also a number of local coaches that have shown interest in the job.
Indomitable Lions are expected to regroup later in September in preparation for their three 2019 Africa Cup of Nations group matches.
