No City talks for Scolari

Portugal coach has not been contacted by Eastlands outfit

By James Pearson   Last updated: 7th May 2008

Luiz Felipe Scolari Phil Portugal manager

Scolari: No City contact

Nobody has contacted Luiz Felipe Scolari.

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Luiz Felipe Scolari's spokesman has denied the Portugal coach has been contacted about succeeding Sven Goran Eriksson at Manchester City next season.

With major question marks lingering over Eriksson's future at Eastlands, speculation has been rife on who owner Thaksin Shinawatra wants at the helm for the start of the 2008/09 campaign.

Weekend reports stated Shinawatra was interested in former Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho, while some sources intimated Scolari had even been offered the job.

However, it has now been confirmed that Scolari, who coached Brazil to World Cup glory in 2002, has not been contacted by anyone at City, according to his spokesman Acaz Fellegger.

Fellegger added that the 59-year-old coach will decide his future following the conclusion of this summer's European Championship in Austria and Switzerland.

No contact

"Nobody has contacted Luiz Felipe Scolari," Fellegger explained.

"Just as has happened in the last two major international tournaments, Scolari alone will decide his future after Euro 2008.

"Any club who has any interest in Scolari is completely free to contact the coach.

"But the truth is that there has been no approach and Scolari has repeatedly stated that his future will only be decided after the Euro tournament."

Evaluation

And Shinawatra has again insisted that no decisions will be made until the end of the Premier League season.

He told Sky Sports News: "We will do an evaluation at the end of the season.

"What needs to be changed, what needs to be added to the success of the club, we will discuss after the season."