The former Bayern Leverkusen coach Christoph Daum, who lost his chance to train the German national team after testing positive for cocaine last year, is finding life no easier in his newly-adopted homeland of Turkey.
The 47-year-old, who recently took up a new post as trainer of Besiktas, has been ordered to take a drugs test by Turkey's interior minister, Sadettin Tantan.
If the test proves positive, Daum will be stripped of his residency permit and thrown out of the country.
Daum, who underwent a drugs therapy programme before coming to Besiktas, told Bild am Sonntag he was "remaining very calm".
Inter Milan president Massimo Moratti yesterday gave coach Marco Tardelli the green light to continue at the club for another season, finally burying rumours that AC Milan coach Alberto Zaccheroni might cross the San Siro divide.
Inter, who have no chance of winning a trophy this year, have nonetheless started to improve in recent weeks and have a slim chance of qualifying for next year's Champions League.
Injuries, internal dissent and poor form are on the mind of AC Milan coach Zaccheroni ahead of the Champions League match with Deportivo La Coruna tomorrow which will probably decide his fate as a coach.
Fiorentina coach Roberto Mancini was forced to defend himself yesterday as his fellow Italian first division coaches queued up to criticise the decision of Italian Football Federation (FIGC) commissioner Gianni Petrucci to waive rules to allow him on the touchline.
Mancini was ineligible to replace Fatih Terim, who had quit, as he had already held a coaching post earlier in the season as Sven Goran Eriksson's assistant at Lazio, but Petrucci gave the former Italian international the green light.
Many of Mancini's peers voiced their criticism in press conferences after yesterday's matches.
Brescia coach Carlo Mazzone, at 63 the oldest coach in Serie A, was the strongest critic: "It is Petrucci who should resign, not Vicini. This episode proves we coaches count for nothing."
