Football Federation Australia will begin its search for a new Socceroos coach amid unprecedented uncertainty over its place in Australian football.
Ange Postecoglou’s resignation on Wednesday comes a week before FFA’s annual general meeting, at which stakeholders will vote on an expanded Congress at FIFA’s behest.
Fail to reach consensus next Thursday and FIFA is expected to sack chairman Steven Lowy and his board, and install a normalisation committee to temporarily run the code.
Should that occur, Lowy will not be there to sign off on a new Socceroos coach, as his father Frank did with Postecoglou four years ago.
The precarious state of affairs prompted Adelaide United chairman Greg Griffin, speaking on behalf of the Australian Professional Football Clubs Association (APFCA), to declare FFA no longer had the right to appoint a national-team boss.
Griffin, describing FFA as being in caretaker mode, demanded no decision be made until the game’s ugly impasse between itself and A-League clubs, the players’ union and state federations is resolved.
The fraught situation adds another layer of complexity to FFA’s bid to recruit Postecoglou’s replacement in time for next year’s World Cup in Russia.
With a four-month break until the next international window and Congress D-Day looming, chief executive David Gallop stressed FFA will take its time getting the appointment right.
“We don’t play till March, so we have got a bit of time and it’s important we take that time to look at what is out there,” Gallop said.
“We will take our time and make sure we get the right person for the job.”
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