John Toshack has ruled himself out of the running for the Republic of Ireland job by taking over as coach of Italian Serie B side Catania.
The Welshman - who has coached in his home country, France, Turkey, Portugal and Spain - has now won his first Italian appointment.
Toshack had been strongly linked with the vacancy left by Mick McCarthy at the Republic of Ireland, but Bryan Robson has now emerged as another contender for the post.
Catania sacked Toshack's predecessor Maurizio Pellegrino after their 2-0 home defeat by Napoli on Tuesday and they are currently fourth-bottom in the second division of Italian football.
Toshack, a playing legend at Liverpool, has since coached Real Madrid, Swansea, Sporting Lisbon, Real Sociedad and Deportivo La Coruna.
He has also had spells at the helm of Besiktas, St Etienne and the Welsh national team.
After McCarthy stepped down as coach of the Irish team on Tuesday, Toshack was predicted to be in the frame to replace him - along with John Aldridge, David O'Leary and Joe Kinnear.
However, that prospect now appears to be dead after the 53-year-old completed discussions with Luciano Gaucci, whose family own both Catania and Serie A Perugia.
A statement on the club's website said: "John Benjamin Toshack is the new trainer of Catania football club.
"The agreement with the Gaucci family was completed a few hours ago in Rome."
Toshack's first game in charge will come on Monday when the team travels to Tuscany to take on Siena.
Meanwhile, the Republic of Ireland under-21 manager Don Givens, who has been put in charge of the senior side for the friendly in Greece on November 20th, will announce his squad of players on Monday.
Another manager under pressure is Terry Venables at Leeds United. It is only four months since Venables breezed into Elland Road but already he seems to have lost all hope of restoring Champions League football to a club who are desperate to dine at the top table.
His team are languishing in their lowest league position for almost two years, they have not won a league game since September 14th, and their League Cup defeat at Sheffield United on Wednesday culminated in the Leeds fans demanding his removal from office.
For 20 minutes after the game there were chants of "Venables out". The chairman Peter Ridsdale was also targeted. And, as if that were not enough to occupy Leeds right now, the FA will investigate the post-match scenes when some fans tore up seats and threw them on the pitch.
Venables should be safe for now. Leeds are already locked into a £2 million compensation battle with the previous manager David O'Leary and, given their parlous finances, the last thing they want is to have to pay someone else off.
However much Venables is loth to admit it, Sunday's game at West Ham - whose manager Glenn Roeder is also in urgent need of a win - already reeks of danger. It is a match he dare not lose.
Millwall have called in the police and stepped up security around Dennis Wise after receiving several death threats against the former England midfielder.
The Sun newspaper reported yesterday that the letters came from Leicester City fans angry with Wise following his acrimonious departure from the financially troubled club in August.
Wise is suing Leicester for more than £ 2.3 million in lost earnings.
