The 69-year-old Portuguese was in charge of Iran at the 2022 World Cup, which was held in Qatar.
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The EFA terminated its contract with Portuguese coach Carlos Queiroz with mutual consent earlier this week, following the team’s failure to qualify to the World Cup.
The Pharaohs were defeated 3-1 on penalties to Senegal in the World Cup play-off qualifier in Dakar on Tuesday evening.
Eto’o, who is now president of Cameroon’s Football Federation, made the comment to his team in a video published on social media.
The championship is set to be played from January 9, 2022 to February, 2022 amid COVID-19 scare in Cameroon.
The Pharaohs squad has 25 players, led by Liverpool star Mohamed Salah, with a return for Mahmoud Hassan “Trezeguet”.
According to a statement by the Egyptian Football Association (EFA), the final 23-man squad will be announced by the end of December.
The Egyptian football federation said Queiroz, a former Manchester United assistant and Real Madrid manager, would be supported by Diaa El-Sayed and long-time former national team goalkeeper Essam El-Hadary on his coaching staff.
Queiroz takes over a team that currently trails Libya in qualifying for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
The Manchester United goalkeeper made an error against Portugal to allow Cristiano Ronaldo to score his second goal in a 3-3 draw on Friday.
Former Manchester United assistant Carlos Queiroz and ex-Cambridge United boss Herve Renard will look to navigate their respective nations out of a tricky group which includes Portugal and Spain
A statement from Nike said the company was forbidden from supplying kit to the Iranian team as it prepares for its opening World Cup game.
These two players as well as Esteghlal keeper Hossein Hosseini and Charleroi striker Kaveh Rezaei are on a four-man standby list.
The Argentina star, a five-time Ballon d’Or winner, has been in sensational form once more this season during Barcelona’s hunt for a second treble in four seasons.
Iran have been drawn to face Portugal, Queiroz’s native country, as well as Spain and Morocco in Group B, but the former Real Madrid coach has renewed calls for the country’s authorities to do more to support his team’s bid for a place in the second round.
The official unveiling of the coach was set for March 3, but in a single tweet, the Bafana Bafana account postponed the announcement due to the “unavailability of the chosen candidate”
Mozambique-born Portuguese coach, Carlos Queiroz, who should have joined Nigeria’s Stephen Keshi as joint-favourites for the position, has signed a fresh contract with Iran, while Dutchman Frank Rjikaard remains an outside potential
The initial list of candidates making up the shortlist for the new Bafana Bafana head coaching role was revealed, with surprise candidates Fabio Cannavaro and Patrick Kluivert included
And with the failure of Iran to offer Queiroz a fresh contract, the coach had no other choice but to quit
Queiroz, a former boss at Manchester United, said Iran’s aim was to capitalise on opportunities handed to them by opponents, who will all be tentative at the expectation they will down the group’s supposed easy beats