Heimir Hallgr\u00edmsson is understood to be attracting interest from Indonesia if his time as Ireland manager concludes this month.<\/p>\n
The Icelander\u2019s contract with the FAI mirrors their involvement in the World Cup qualifiers which will end unless at least one victory is achieved against Portugal or Hungary.<\/p>\n
Ireland are third in the group heading into the final double-header, starting with the visit of Cristiano Ronaldo\u2019s Portugal to Lansdowne Road on Thursday week.<\/p>\n
Should Hungary see off Armenia earlier in the day, Ireland will require at least a point against the group leaders.<\/p>\n
Even with a draw, Ireland will need to win by more than one goal in Budapest on November 16 to usurp Dominik Szoboszlai\u2019s Magyars to enter the playoffs next March.<\/p>\n
Indonesia are on the lookout for a boss after recently axing Patrick Kluivert just nine months into a two-year contract. He won three of his eight matches, with defeats to Saudi Arabia and Iraq coming after heavy losses to Australia and Japan.<\/p>\n
Out of contention to reach next year\u2019s World Cup, Kluivert\u2019s successor will be tasked with resurrecting the nation ranked 119th in the world, starting with the 2027 Asian Cup.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s believed the Indonesian FA, whose President is Oxford United co-owner Erick Thohir, have compiled a shortlist of managerial candidates but are awaiting the outcome of the November window to finalise their targets.<\/p>\n
Hallgr\u00edmsson\u2019s appointment by the FAI in July 2024 followed an eight-month search for Stephen Kenny\u2019s successor. He\u2019d previously managed his native Iceland and Jamaica at major tournaments, along with a stint in Qatar.<\/p>\n
His deal covered the Nations League and World Cup series. Despite mentioning the prospect of an extension before the qualifiers began, defeat to Armenia in September scuppered that.<\/p>\n
\u201cAfter the last game, I talked to the chief executive and the president, saying, \u2018let\u2019s postpone that until after the tournament,\u201d Hallgr\u00edmsson revealed last month.<\/p>\n
\u201cProbably an agent or another coach would like to sign a long-term contract and then be fired or whatever. But I\u2019m not that kind. I don\u2019t want to be where I\u2019m not wanted.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Hallgr\u00edmsson must confront what could be his final window missing a phalanx of frontliners from the squad to be unveiled on Thursday morning.<\/p>\n
Evan Ferguson\u2019s ankle injury while playing for Roma adds him to a casualty list led by Robbie Brady, while Jayson Molumby and Ryan Manning are suspended for the Portugal visit.<\/p>\n
Alan Browne, currently a Championship regular for Middlesbrough on loan from Sunderland, could be recalled as a midfield option.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Heimir Hallgr\u00edmsson is understood to be attracting interest from Indonesia if his time as Ireland manager concludes this…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":123581,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1113,61,60,2539,5782,43,5783],"class_list":{"0":"post-123580","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ireland","8":"tag-fai","9":"tag-ie","10":"tag-ireland","11":"tag-league-of-ireland","12":"tag-local-soccer","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-premiership"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123580","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=123580"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123580\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/123581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}