According to Abu Nayeem Shohag, general secretary of the Bangladesh Football Association, the federation is considering hiring some members of the national team’s coaching staff on a project-by-project basis rather than offering them permanent positions.
The BFF recently renewed the contract of head coach Javier Cabrera by one year. He has a local assistant coach in the form of Hasan Al Mamun. However, the positions of goalkeeping coach and physiotherapist are currently vacant.
“We are looking to have foreign coaches on an assignment basis. We have a few CVs on our hands. We prefer Spanish coaches as our head coach is Spanish. Therefore, we will try to have a foreign assistant coach, a foreign goalkeeping coach and a foreign physiotherapist for the March friendlies,” Shohag told reporters.
Bangladesh is scheduled to host a tri-nation tournament in the March FIFA window involving Seychelles and Brunei. This will be a battle of three of the lowest-ranked sides in the world, with Brunei leading at 190, followed by Bangladesh at 192 and Seychelles at 199.
Shohag said they are trying to arrange an overseas training camp for the booters ahead of the tri-nation series.
“We always try to hold an overseas training camp before a tournament. So we communicated with Qatar FA whether they could host us for a week or two ahead of the March window. However, due to their busy schedule, they have communicated their inability.
“But we are in contact with Saudi Arabian FA, and we are hopeful that we can hold a training camp there for at least a week. Our residential training camp here will begin on March 3,” the BFF official added.