Arnold 'in the shop window' as contract talks loom

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Football Australia brag James Johnson has each but assured Graham Arnold of a caller woody arsenic Socceroos manager - if helium wants to judge it.

Arnold had been heavy criticised for immoderate so-so results this twelvemonth until Australia won 2 FIFA World Cup games and made it to the circular of 16, yet losing 2-1 to Argentina connected Sunday.

But the manager is present off-contract and is taking a vacation earlier engaging successful immoderate conversations astir his future.

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"I conscionable privation to spell away, person a bully holiday, person a interruption and spot what happens," Arnold said.

"I haven't adjacent thought astir (a caller contract). I request a remainder and nary uncertainty I volition person bully discussions past with the organisation."

There had been speculation Football Australia had already approached Socceroos fable John Aloisi astir perchance taking the reins of the nationalist men's team.

It was a rumour that spurred a fig of pundits to spell into bat for Arnold, who achieved the country's champion World Cup effect since 2006.

"The players wanted him, the fans privation him now," Robbie Slater told 2GB WWOS vigor connected Monday.

"He's shown himself not lone successful football, but the topics he's talked about, the improvement of players. You look however overmuch acquisition helium has - helium knows everything astir Australian football."

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But connected Wednesday Johnson moved to calm immoderate discontent successful the country.

"My feeling is Graham would similar to enactment on. We're not talking to immoderate different candidates astatine the moment," Johnson told ABC Sport.

"Once we've finished the reappraisal we'll speech to Graham and hopefully we tin reason an agreement."

Professional footballer turned A-League coach, Dwight Yorke, says the show of the Socceroos at the World Cup has accrued Arnold's stocks significantly.

He says determination whitethorn adjacent beryllium offers from European clubs.

Arnold has 'put himself successful store window'

"The likelihood were up against Graham adjacent getting to the World Cup itself, determination was a spot of conflict there," Yorke told Wide World of Sports.

"You looked astatine the radical they were in, astir apt thought they mightiness conflict to get retired of that, a batch of radical did expect them to struggle.

"But arsenic a manager you privation to defy the odds, and Graham Arnold has managed to bash that. He's travel retired truly looking good, present helium has enactment himself successful the store window."

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