Malian football officials have said that French coach Pierre Lechantre is discussing the final details of an offer to coach the national team.
The 54-year-old is being sought to revive the Eagles` fortunes with the west Africans having picked up just two points at the halfway stage of their World Cup qualifying group.
Mali, who are currently coached by former international Mamadou
Keita,are due to resume their Group One campaign with a home tie against Togo later this month.
Should the Frenchman take the post, he would be Mali`s third coach of the qualifying campaign after Keita and Alain Moizan, who was sacked after a disastrous spell in charge last July.
Lechantre has coached in Africa before, leading Cameroon`s Indomitable Lions to victory in the 2000 Cup of Nations.
