ZAGREB, March 17 (Reuters) - Hamburg SV have put Croatia coach Slaven Bilic on top of their wish-list and the Bundesliga club are keen to sign him immediately after the Euro 2008
tournament in June, the Jutarnji List daily reported on Monday.
'They made it clear that they want me to take over the team
from this summer. However, we haven't talked about any concrete
details yet,' Bilic told the popular daily.
Bilic said he was also in talks with the Croatian Soccer
Association (HNS) about his coaching future.
'I wouldn't like to use media as a means of communication
with my employer and anyhow, there is nothing new yet. It is
true that the Hamburg offer is an honour for me,' Bilic said.
HNS president Vlatko Markovic said earlier this month he
would like to keep Bilic at the helm but was aware that the
39-year-old former international defender would receive more
lucrative offers from European clubs.
Bilic took over as coach after the 2006 World Cup and led
the country to top spot in their qualifying group for this
year's European Championship in Austria and Switzerland, ahead
of Russia and England.
Croatia face Austria, Poland and Germany in Group B at the
June 7-29 tournament.
Hamburg are second in the German championship, five points
behind leaders Bayern Munich, and their Dutch coach Huub
Stevens is leaving to take over at PSV Eindhoven at the end of
the season.
