Overview
- Peru remains without a head coach as Jean Ferrari targets the first week of January for the announcement.
- Ferrari says the evaluation phase has concluded and the selection process has moved into interviews with shortlisted coaches.
- He has ruled out hiring a local manager, stating the new coach will be a foreigner.
- Signaling progress on his X account, Ferrari said "we are close" while withholding specific names.
- Local media have reported multiple potential candidates, but no appointment has been confirmed following Peru’s penultimate finish in the last qualifiers.