July 29, 2007	Sunday	Rajab 13, 1428

JAKARTA, July 28: Brazil’s Jorvan Vieira will quit as Iraqi national coach after their Asian Cup final with Saudi Arabia here on Sunday and is in talks to take over from Dutchman Pim Verbeek at South Korea.

Vieira, 54, only signed a two-month contract with the Iraqi Football Federation and said on Saturday he had accomplished what he had set out to achieve.

“Yes, I will quit after the match against Saudi Arabia,” he said. “I’ve already taken that decision. It was an opportunity for me to be at the Asian Cup.”

Asked where he would go next, he revealed that he is having talks with the Korean Football Association.

“The Korean federation contacted me,” he stated. “If we can work out terms there is the potential that I can become the Korean coach sometime in the future. After the tournament we will discuss details.”

Current Korean coach Verbeek said after his team’s semi-final loss to Iraq in Kuala Lumpur that he had made a decision on his own future but refused to reveal what it was.—AFP