Source: Telegraph
Slaven Bilic 'very interested' in becoming Portsmouth's next manager
Portsmouth - who are without a manager at present after Paul Hart's interim deal expired at the end of last season, in which he saved them from relegation – have become the latest Premier League club to be taken over by investors from the Middle East.
Sulaiman Al-Fahim, who brokered the deal that saw Abu Dhabi United Group buy Manchester City, is on the verge of completing his own takeover at Fratton Park.
And Bilic's agent, Rudi Vata, told the Guardian newspaper that the former Everton player was willing to manage Portsmouth, should he be afforded the opportunity.
'Slaven is open to offers and there is interest from Portsmouth,' said Vata.
'There are different clubs who want him but he is very interested. Portsmouth have tried to get in touch but there is no concrete offer at this stage.
'But the idea of working with and building the club would excite him. Slaven is hungry for the right club with the right ambition because he is a hungry manager.
'He is a person who sets high goals and wants to work hard to achieve them.'
Croatia are currently struggling to come second in the same World Cup qualifying group as England and it is thought that there would be little problem releasing him from his duties with the national team.
Former England coach Sven Goran Eriksson is also interesting Portsmouth and he too would relish a return to club management in the Premier League.
