SYDNEY -- Former Sanfrecce Hiroshima manager Eddie Thomson is the sort of person who could sell Michael Schumacher a used Skoda.
The 54-year-old Scotsman, who coached the Australian national team from 1990 to 1996, has always had the trust and respect of his players, thanks to a hands-on approach on the training field and helped in no little part by his car salesman's gift of the gab.
Thomson left Japan in December 2000 after four years in charge of Hiroshima but says he is ready to return to the J. League, despite having just won a four-month battle against cancer.