Rabat, Aug. 2 -- The next coach of the Moroccan national football team will not be a Moroccan national, in spite of popular demands that "a man of the country" take over in the aftermath of the recent debacle at the African Cup of Nations.

Almost a fortnight after the dramatic end of its three-year-long romance with Herve Renard, the Moroccan Royal Football Federation (FRMF) has appointed Bosnia's Vahid Halilhodzic as the new head coach of the Atlas Lions, according to Moroccan outlet Al Ahdath Al Maghribia.

The appointment, which is yet to be confirmed by FRMF, comes two days after the body presented a three-name shortlist featuring the German Gernot Rohr, the French Laurent Blanc, and the Bosnian Vahid Halilhodzic.

Rohr looked like t...