Another job, another country, another challenge - the much travelled Sven-Goran Eriksson has left Manchester City and taken charge of Mexico, a mission every bit as fascinating as the one he embarked on when he took charge of England.
With England he was the first foreign coach to guide the national team. Mexico have had plenty - even Europeans, such as the Serbian Bora Milutinovic.
But Mexico’s foreign coaches have usually been well grounded in Latin American football and even then, they have often had a hard time coping with local nationalism.
As they line up for the national anthem, Mexico’s players put their right arm across their chests with the palm outstretched.
It is a salute, the way that those not in the military show that they are soldiers of the nation. For the foreign coach, it is a symbol of the pride and delicate sentiments he will have to deal with.
Perhaps, though, this is an especially good moment for an outsider to step in. The nationalist card has just been played, with disappointing results.
Argentine Ricardo Lavolpe took Mexico to the last World Cup. Throughout his reign he had to put up with a campaign against him by Hugo Sanchez, the former Real Madrid striker who is one of the leading idols of Mexican football.
Night and day Sanchez argued that a Mexican, and preferably himself, should be placed in charge of the national team.
Then he got his way. Last year Sanchez was coach when Mexico lost the final of the Gold Cup to those hated rivals from north of the border, the United States. He then took the team to third place in the Copa America.
But the big disappointment came this year when he was unable to qualify Mexico for the Olympic Games. They failed even to make it out of the group stage, and the Mexican FA, which had been saying that “Plan A is Hugo, Plan B is Hugo and Plan C is Hugo” were forced to make a change.

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