Graham Arnold likely to sign new Socceroos deal after being named best coach at 2022 World Cup

Arnold to meet Football Australia chiefs in early January as L’Equipe puts him in top spot following last-16 achievement

Graham Arnold will sit down with Football Australia chiefs in early January to thrash out a new deal that is expected to see him remain in charge of the Socceroos, with the coach’s bargaining power having received a fillip after he was named the best coach of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

Highly regarded sports newspaper L’Equipe put the out-of-contract Australian in top spot on its rankings, above the likes of Lionel Scaloni of Argentina and France’s Didier Deschamps.