Russia national team coach Guus Hiddink has reportedly turned down the offer to coach North Korea at next summer‘s World Cup in South Africa.

The Korean Football Association are understood to have approached Hiddink to coach them as they take part in a World Cup finals for the first time since 1966. They have been drawn in the group of death alongside Brazil, Ivory Coast and Portugal.

”Dutch television programme Voetbal International have reported that Hiddink cited ”respect for the Russian football federation” as his reason for refusing to coach North Korea. He failed to take Russia to the World Cup, losing a play-off to Slovenia on away goals last month, ” Goal.com said.

Hiddink has a strong finals record having coached teams at each of the last three World Cup finals. He guided the Netherlands to fourth place in 1998, before taking joint hosts South Korea to a surprise fourth place finish in 2002. At the last World Cup in Germany, his Australia side crashed out of the tournament in the second round after a contentious injury time penalty for eventual winners Italy.

The former PSV Eidhoven coach was reportedly targeted by the Nigeria Football Federation to take over the Super Eagles from embattled Shuaib Amodu, after the team‘s uninspiring perfomance during the 2010 World cup qualifiers.

The NFF, has however, insisted that Amodu will lead the team to both the African Nations Cup scheduled for Angola next January and the World cup in South Africa in the summer.

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Confused Nigerian FA as usual if you ask me.
Let Amodu tk the team to the WC.
Thats the least he deserves for all his efforts and bashings he got during and now after the campaign.