Congo-Brazzaville head coach, Claude Le
Roy, could be set to join Afcon Champions,
Cote di’Ivoire,The Cote d’Ivoire Football Federation had
reportedly received 55 applications for the
vacant head coach role, however that list
trimmed down to just five names last month. Portuguese coach, Paulo Duarte, Polish
manager, Henryk Kasperczak, French trio of
Patrice Neveu, Frédéric Antonetti and Michel
Dussuye were all reportedly on the five-man
shortlist. However, sources in Abidjan confirm that the
Ivorian FA have received an application from
one of Leroy’s representatives and a deal
could be announced soon. Le Roy, a former Ghana coach himself, led
Congo-Brazzaville to the quarterfinals of the
2015 Africa Cup of Nations, where they
eventually lost out to DR Congo.