August 3 – Newly promoted Hull City have had an approach to speak to Wales manager Chris Coleman about their managerial vacancy rejected by the Football Association of Wales.
Coleman has become hot property ever since Wales’ remarkable rollercoaster ride at Euro 2016 where they reached the semifinals in their first major tournament since 1958 and Hull, back in the Premier League, targeted him following the resignation of Steve Bruce last month.
“The FAW can confirm that it has received an official approach from Hull City FC for the services of manager Chris Coleman,” the Welsh FA said in a statement on its website.
“Following discussions amongst leading figures within the association the approach has been rejected. Everybody at the FAW are fully focused on the forthcoming World Cup qualifying campaign.”
Coleman, 46, had previously been in charge of English clubs Fulham and Coventry City, Spain’s Real Sociedad and Greek side Larissa before taking over as Wales manager in 2012.
He signed a further two-year contract in May and the country badly wants him to oversee their World Cup qualifying campaign, which begins with a game in Cardiff against Moldova on September 5. Coleman has already said that campaign will be his last.
Coleman has not only transformed Wales as a football nation but also his own fortunes. He made the worst start of any Wales manager, losing his first four games, but the rest, as they say, is history.
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