Other people in the frame include Terry Venables, Slaven Bilic, Roy Keane, Glenn Hoddle and Graeme Souness.

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Tony Mowbray and Slaven Bilic have also been linked with the post.

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"Formations are dying out, " said Slaven Bilic, head coach of Croatia.

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Mali striker Fredi Kanoute opened the scoring in the eight minute after his initial header was blocked, and 13th-placed Gijon lost Mate Bilic to a second yellow card on 32.

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It was a cross that Everton striker Nikica Jelavic would have craved and it was probably that realization that prompted Slaven Bilic to introduce the striker midway through the second half.

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Croatia coach Bilic is still under contract but agent Rudi Vata told BBC Scotland earlier this week that the former Everton and West Ham defender was keen for a new challenge.

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Croatia coach Bilic leaves his post after the tournament after a successful six-year spell in charge and three minutes before half-time, he saw his team take a lead that this time they would not relinquish.

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Poland's defense were given a boost with 17 minutes remaining when Bilic opted to replace the dangerous strike pairing of Klasnic and Mladen Petric, but that did little to help Leo Beenhakker's side at the other end of the field.

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Jelavic finally got the move he wanted and, in a day of double joy for the player, he was named in Croatia coach Slaven Bilic's 23-man squad for the Euro 2012 Group F qualifiers against Latvia in Riga on 3 September and Greece in Zagreb four days later.

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