"We are looking for a new coach to lead the team for the rest of the season. The players will resume training on Sunday and we hope we could appoint a manager by that date," Mosselhi told FilGoal.com.

"I contacted (former Ismaili manager) Theo Bucker but he has a $350 000 release clause.

"Now we have opened talks with Carlos Cabral, Taha Basri and Helmi Toulan," added the Ittihad Supremo.

Ittihad are in deep crises as they are just one place up from the bottom of the 16-team table with only 11 points from 15 matches.