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FEARS over a vital $20m of income for Australian football were a major factor behind the sacking of Holger Osieck, with football chiefs growing increasingly alarmed at the damage to the game's bottom line from the dual drubbings from Brazil and France.
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As the Australian team decamped in shock from Paris to London for the friendly with Canada on Wednesday morning, CVs from around the world have started arriving at Football Federation Australia.
The extent of former France boss Gerard Houllier's influence has also become clear in finding Osieck's replacement, with Houllier believed to have provided a list of names yesterday of potential candidates.
Though Osieck's sacking will cost FFA some $900,000, to satisfy a contract described as "watertight" thanks to World Cup qualification, CEO David Gallop believes it will be a necessary outlay in the wake of the 6-0 massacre handed out by France early on Saturday.
Gallop's executives feared a double financial whammy if the poor results had continued - acutely aware of the need for Australia to do well on home shores at the 2015 Asian Cup to make it a success, FFA has so far also made no significant headway in seeking a new sponsor for the Socceroos.
Some $14m worth of tickets have to be sold for the Asian Cup to make a profit, with more than half that anticipated from Socceroos games.
Increasingly FFA feared that Osieck would depart after the World Cup leaving behind a broken and dispirited squad that would make no impact at the Asian Cup, and leave millions of dollars worth of unsold tickets.
Any profits for the tournament will be shared between FFA and the state governments that have underwritten it, but it is also seen as an unprecedented opportunity to advance the game's popularity and standing.
FFA has also been seeking a new naming-rights sponsor for their flagship team since the long-standing deal with Qantas expired in July but the poor recent results threatened to devalue the deal Gallop is seeking of up to $5m.
Now the hunt is on for a coach who can make the team as competitive as possible at the World Cup and then the Asian Cup.
Having been pursued at length by Frank Lowy to succeed Hiddink in 2006, Houllier has remained close to FFA director Phil Wolanski since then.
Wolanski, the Socceroos head of delegation at all matches and regarded as Lowy's closest confidant outside his direct family, was given a list of names on Saturday by Houllier which is understood to include Frenchman Alain Perrin.
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Having succeeded Houllier at French club Lyon, Perrin was a serious candidate to coach France in 2008, but has since been working in the Middle East.
Former Chelsea boss Roberto Di Matteo has also made his interest known, but is not thought to be a favoured candidate.
Gallop is believed to strongly favour a local candidate, with Ange Postecoglou firming as the favourite ahead of Graham Arnold.
In the immediate term the Australian squad – described by Gallop as "raw" after Osieck's sacking, will be coached by assistant Aurelio Vidmar against Canada but suffered fresh depletion of its numbers yesterday.
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Luke Wilkshire and Tommy Oar were released to return to their clubs for treatment. Wilkshire managed 70 minutes of the loss to France despite a persistent knee injury but will now fly back to Russia for treatment at his club Dinamo Moscow.
Oar meanwhile, having been ruled out of the France game with a back injury, was also declared unfit to face Canada and immediately returned to his club, FC Utrecht.
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