Australia girls’s coach Tony Gustavsson has been linked to the Swedish males’s staff
Patrick Hamilton
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Australia girls’s boss Tony Gustavsson insisted Saturday he was “absolutely targeted” on taking the staff to the Paris Olympics amid reviews he was interviewed to take over as coach of the Swedish males’s facet.
Gustavsson, who’s from Sweden, gained plaudits after steering the Matildas to a fourth-place end on the World Cup this 12 months on dwelling soil.
Within the wake of that, he was linked to america girls’s head coach position when Vlatko Andonovski resigned, however Chelsea’s Emma Hayes was appointed as a substitute.
Swedish media this week stated he had been interviewed as a candidate to take over from Janne Andersson after the lads’s staff did not qualify for Euro 2024.
Gustavsson is contracted with Soccer Australia till the Olympics subsequent 12 months and stated in an announcement that is still his prime precedence.
“I am passionate in regards to the Matildas and, as I’ve said earlier than, I am absolutely targeted on qualification and participation on the Paris 2024 Olympics,” he stated.
“Our staff’s journey in direction of this objective is my major focus and dedication.”
Soccer Australia stated it was conscious of the Sweden hyperlink however “doesn’t touch upon speculative reviews or our employees’s potential future engagements exterior their present contracts”.
“Concerning the way forward for Tony’s contract submit the Paris 2024 Olympics, discussions shall be held at an acceptable time sooner or later,” it added.
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