The FA is set to choose between three foreign managers to take the Egypt hot seat. According to the association's website, the candidates are Colombian Francisco Maturana, Serbian Zoran Filipovic and former US coach Bob Bradley. Chairman Samir Zaher and his assistants are expected to come to a decision in one week as they have been struggling to find a suitable successor to Hassan Shehata since the 6th of June. During the past two months, Zaher's board has been far from settled on whether to name an overseas boss or put their faith in another Egyptian manager. However, it seems that a non-Egyptian will be leading the African champions in the upcoming 2014 World Cup qualifiers. The candidates
Maturana Colombian veteran Maturana, 62, is the oldest and most experienced of the three contenders but has not been working for over two years. He led his nation to two World Cup finals in 1990 and 1994, as well as guiding Los Cafeteros to their one and only Copa America title in 2001. He also worked with several other nations including Ecuador, Peru, Costa Rica and Trinidad&Tobago, from where he had been sacked in April 2009. On the other hand, Serbian Filipovic has no previous experience with national teams as his last spell was at South Africa's Golden Arows, who axed him in March this year. As for Bradley, the 53-year-old has been sacked as the manager of USA ten days ago, following five years in charge. Bradley, who led the Americans to the 2010 World Cup round of 16, has only worked inside the US since starting his coaching career in 1981. He was in charge of USA when they crushed Shehata's Egypt 3-0 in the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup, taking the team to the final in South Africa.
