Mark Bosnich backs Ferguson to coach Oz soccer team at Brazil World Cup

Former Manchester United goalkeeper Mark Bosnich has urged Football Federation Australia to tempt former manager Sir Alex Ferguson out of retirement to manage the Australian national soccer team at the World Cup finals in Brazil.

According to the Sydney Morning Herald, with Australia seeking a new manager following the sacking of German coach Holger Osieck in the wake of successive 6-0 defeats against France and Brazil, former Australian goalkeeper Bosnich has called for Ferguson to be offered the job of managing the country.

Guus Hiddink, who guided Australia to the 2006 World Cup finals, has emerged as a leading candidate, with Melbourne Victory coach Ange Postecoglou understood to be favoured by FFA officials, the report said.

However, Bosnich, who endured a fractious relationship with Ferguson in his second spell at United between 1999 and 2001, insists that the 71-year-old is the perfect man for the job of reviving Australia, the report added.

He said that there were a lot of names been thrown around for the job but there was one person that he had not mentioned even though he had got more reason than anyone not to suggest him.

Bosnich said that if one wants the very best, one has to pay for the best.

Ferguson, who managed Scotland at the 1986 World Cup in Mexico following the death of Jock Stein, recently insisted that he was not interested in a return to management, and that there is no way back for him now as he had got a new life, the report further said.