Ex-Algeria coach Vahid Halilhodzic has agreed to manage Japan, Japan Football Association president Kuniya Daini said Wednesday.
Speaking at the CONMEBOL (South American football confederation) Congress in Asuncion, Daini said Halilhodzic and the JFA have reached agreement on the basic parameters of a deal that would see the Bosnian succeed Javier Aguirre.
Halilhodzic comes at the recommendation of former Japan coach Ivica Osim, also a Bosnian. Halilhodzic's appointment will be rubber-stamped by the JFA's executive board on March 12.