probably looking for an 8 figure sum

He would be worth every damn cent.

No he wouldn't, because he would spend the entire time bemoaning the lack of quality players and not work on youth at all.

Zenit are still on target for europe, so i'm going to say no.

hes also offered about double the money for staying at zenit though i wouldnt be sure he wont leave... im sure world cup is more appealing to him than UCL

I'm tempted to disagree since there is more money in the ECL for him if you add it all up.

if its all money youd think hed be at another club though? surely advocaat has a good enough CV to get him a better club money-wise.

you might be right but i really hope not, because its bad if thats whats become of coaches.

It's not all about the money, but why should he take a massive cut in earnings to coach australia and relocate when he can stay where he is?

are you sure relocating is part of the job description? im sure its whats wanted but right now id take him based anyway as we really need a new coach before the WC quals begin.

it may be a massive cut buts its still 2mil or something a year, he wont exactly go broke. i think it would actually be quite an attractive offer to come live in australia. i guess itll just come down to whether hes happy enough at zenit or not.

The FFA would want a coach who's going to eb willing to come to australia and frequent the A-League matches. As for if he would be happy enough at Zenit...well, wouldnt' you be happy there coaching ECL football??

ECL? i assume you mean champions league, and yes he would, probably even happy enough at uefa cup level but for me the chances are still slim. what do the team need to come to make it? and then do they still have to go through quals?
i guess the other side of it is if he fails to get australia through then it could be seen as a wasted 2-3 years in his career.

Got to define it now we compete in the ACL.

Well yeah, i'm not going to type out "European champions league" each bloody time am I?

Second place gets you ingo the second round and first gets you into the third round of qualification I think, i can't really remember but I think that's right.

There's that too.

well ive never seen it as ECL is all im used to shortening it to UCL for uefa... just wanted to be sure

You don't play FM then :P I have to say, I dont' know anybody who calls it UCL.

I calls it UCL, as well as ECL ..... depends when im saying it, its like the pronunciation of some words, you interchange between the two. Ill shut up now.

Is taht like "punishment" and "pyoonishment"? based souly on satirical value?

strangely i do play it... wonder why ive never seen it

coz it's the ECC in there :P