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The Sun
22-07-2025
- Sport
- The Sun
Two Liverpool legends lined up for managerial return as they go toe-to-toe for same international job
TWO Liverpool legends are battling it out for the SAME international managerial job. Robbie Fowler 's wandering dugout career could take a surprise twist two years after his last job in Saudi Arabia. 4 4 4 Premier League icon Fowler is eyeing a return to India after his spell at East Bengal between 2020-2021. The former Anfield striker is yet to last more than a year in the four club's he's managed. Fowler, 50, has applied to become the new gaffer of the Indian national team, who are ranked 133rd in the Fifa rankings. And according to the Times of India, another ex-Liverpool star has also thrown his name into the hat. Harry Kewell has been named as a contender having also played for Leeds in his playing career. The report complained about the lack of high-quality and big-name candidates being linked. Fowler and Kewell played with each other for two seasons at Leeds, before Kewell joined Liverpool in 2003 and Fowler returned to the club for a second stint in 2006. Kewell, 46, enjoys a slight edge on Fowler's managerial career, after taking the reigns at Notts County, Oldham Athletic and Yokohama. Like Fowler, Kewell has rarely stayed in a job longer than a year, with his longest spell coming at Crawley Town where he managed just 57 games. The shortest was a seven-game stint at Barnet in 2021. The Aussie has also spent time as first team coach at Celtic, first under Ange Postecoglou and then briefly under Brendan Rodgers before taking the Yokohama job. Meanwhile, Fowler first managed Muangthong United where he ended his playing career in 2011. After seven years away, Fowler was hired by Australian side Brisbane Roar, before leaving during the Covid-19 pandemic. He later took over at East Bengal in 2020, managing just three wins from 20 matches before a four month stint at Al-Qadsiah. India face a difficult task to qualify for the 2027 Asian Cup, needing to win their final four games in qualifying to stand any chance of topping their qualifying group. 4
Yahoo
10-07-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Argentina stay top in FIFA rankings; Germany rise to ninth
World champions Argentina maintained first place in the men's world football rankings while Germany climbed into crucial ninth place in the latest list issued on Thursday by the ruling body FIFA. Argentina lead the way from European champions Spain and France in an unchanged top three, with England and Brazil following. Advertisement Portugal rose past the Netherlands into sixth by virtue of their Nations League title, with Belgium, Germany and Croatia completing the top 10. Germany and Croatia both rose at the expense of Italy who slipped from ninth to 11th. Germany climbed despite defeats against Portugal and France at the Nations League finals, because by FIFA rules defeats at final tournaments don't lead to point deductions in the rankings. Ninth place is important for the 2026 World Cup draw set for later in the year. The top nine teams from the rankings will be seeded along with the three co-hosts United States, Canada and Mexico, and in this way will avoid another top side in the group stage. Elsewhere in the rankings, Costa Rica were the biggest riser as they gained 14 places to 40th thanks to a Gold Cup quarter-final berth. Tournament winners Mexico rose four into 13th.
