{"id":787568,"date":"2026-07-27T16:03:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T16:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/787568\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T16:03:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T16:03:08","slug":"arnold-proposes-short-term-contract-with-iraq-shafaq-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/787568\/","title":{"rendered":"Arnold proposes short-term contract with Iraq &#8211; Shafaq News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n                            2026-07-27T15:07:09+00:00<\/p>\n<p>                                    font<\/p>\n<p>                                            Enable Reading Mode<\/p>\n<p>\n                                        A-<br \/>\n                                        A<br \/>\n                                        A+\n                                    <\/p>\n<p>Shafaq News- Baghdad<\/p>\n<p>Australia&#8217;s Graham Arnold has offered to extend his contract as Iraq head coach for six months, falling short of the Iraqi Football Association&#8217;s plan for a long-term agreement through the 2030 FIFA World Cup, an Iraqi FA official said on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>FA board member Ghalib Al-Zamili told Shafaq News that Arnold submitted his response within the 48-hour deadline set by the federation, proposing a six-month extension.<\/p>\n<p>The Iraqi FA, however, is seeking a four-year deal as part of a long-term project to develop a new generation of players capable of competing in major international tournaments, including the 2030 World Cup. Al-Zamili said the federation&#8217;s board would meet soon to review Arnold&#8217;s proposal and decide whether to renew his contract.<\/p>\n<p>The Iraqi Football Association <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shafaq.com\/en\/sport\/IFA-proposes-four-year-contract-extension-to-Coach-Arnold\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">announced<\/a> yesterday that it had reached a preliminary agreement with Arnold to take charge of the national team as part of a long-term project running through 2030.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2026-07-27T15:07:09+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News- Baghdad Australia&#8217;s Graham Arnold has offered to extend&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":787569,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[335018,16993,4,450,335019,451,14945,3,452,453],"class_list":["post-787568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking-news","tag-arnold-proposes-short-term-contract-with-iraq","tag-breaking","tag-breaking-news","tag-breakingnews","tag-graham-arnold","tag-headlines","tag-iraq","tag-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/787568","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=787568"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/787568\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/787569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=787568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=787568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=787568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}