article_snippet: Japan have named former PSG manager Vahid Halilhodzic as Japan new national team boss.
article_snippet: Halilhodzic's appointment was formally approved at an executive board meeting on Thursday and reports in Japan suggest a manager will be handed an annual salary of £1.5million.
article_snippet: Japan have named former Algeria and PSG manager Vahid Halilhodzic as former Algeria and PSG manager Vahid Halilhodzic .
article_snippet: PSG manager Vahid Halilhodzic faced Jose Mourinho and Chelsea in the Champions League, when PSG manager Vahid Halilhodzic manged PSG in 2004 .
article_snippet: PSG manager Vahid Halilhodzic impressed at last year's World Cup in Brazil when PSG manager Vahid Halilhodzic guided African nation Algeria into the knockout stages  for the first time, only to lose 2-1 in extra time to eventual winners Germany.
article_snippet: PSG manager Vahid Halilhodzic will be tasked with leading Shinji Kagawa (pictured) and Japan to the 2018 World Cup in Russia .
highlights_snippet: Halilhodzic guided Algeria to 2014 World Cup knockout stages in Brazil .
  