John Barnes takes over Jamaica

September 17, 2008

Barnes has been announced as the new coach of Jamaica after the former manager was sacked last week.

The former England and Liverpool player was Jamaican born and he takes up his first managerial post since he was sacked by Celtic in 2000.

“The Jamaica Football Federation announces the appointment of Mr Barnes and he will take up official duties on 1 November,”

Mr Barnes will be in charge of the preparation of the national team for the Digicel Caribbean Cup (DCC) between 1 and 15 December and the Concacaf Gold Cup scheduled for June 2009.

“He will also be in charge of the final round of World Cup Qualifiers in 2009, should Jamaica advance to this stage of the competition.

“Mr Barnes’ contract will be reviewed following the aforementioned events.”

Jamaica are not in a very strong position in their qualification for the World Cup sitting bottom of their group after three games with only 1 point and with only 3 games remaining they need to win all 3 of their games and hoe other results go their way to have an y chance of qualification.

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