FORMER Bafana Bafana coach Phillipe Troussier is meeting with the head of the Japanese Football Association, Shunichiro Okano, in Tokyo to discuss conditions for a new deal. The “white witchdoctor” took Bafana to their first ever World Cup in France in 1998, where they had a poor showing. He took the contract to coach Japan’s national side, with whom he has had mixed success. Ironically, Japan are to co-host the next World Cup, in 2002.
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