Al Fayed in no rush to appoint

Chairman calm over selection of new boss

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Al Fayed in no rush to appoint

Al Fayed: In no rush

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Fulham chairman Mohamed Al Fayed is in no panic over selecting who will be the new manager of the club.

Ajax boss Martin Jol was thought to be set to take the vacancy left by Roy Hodgson's departure to Liverpool, but has since ruled himself out of the running.

Sven Goran Eriksson is among the list of candidates in line for the role, but his agent Athole Still has stated that there has so far been no contact with the Swede, whilst Cardiff manager Dave Jones is the favourite to take the role.

Temporary boss Ray Lewington will stay in charge during their current pre-season tour of Sweden, but a spokesman for the club insisted they were in no rush to make a permanent appointment.

No deadline

"The chairman is obviously confident that we will have someone in place but we won't be rushed into making a decision," he said.

"There is no deadline. The chairman wants to make sure that he has the right man for the job and will make that decision as and when he sees necessary.

"We have our second friendly of the pre-season tour of Sweden tomorrow and the chairman is very happy with the way that preparations are going under Ray Lewington so we are not panicking here.

"It's business as usual. Ray Lewington is doing a great job with the pre-season campaign and the managerial situation will be resolved as and when we have the right man for the job."