Advocaat to be in Russia on Tues. to take over national football team
MOSCOW. May 18. KAZINFORM Russia's new national team head coach from the Netherlands, Dick Advocaat, will be in Russia on Tuesday to address the Russian Football Union (RFU) as he takes the new post; Kazinform refers to RIA Novosti.
Advocaat was officially named the head coach of the Russian national football team on Monday at the RFU conference in southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don.
His flight was scheduled to land in Moscow on Monday, but a new volcanic ash cloud from Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajokull postponed it to Tuesday.
Advocaat replaces Guus Hiddink as coach, but will be paid less than the estimated 8 million euros a year his compatriot received.
Belgian media earlier reported that Advocaat would be paid as much as 12 million euros a year to lead Russia to the finals of Euro 2012; Kazinform cites RIA Novosti. See www.en.rian.ru