/ 21 June 2000

TROUSSIER GETS NEW JAPAN DEAL

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.