Marc Wilmots will be accompanied by two assistant coaches and a video analyst in his task as head coach of Team Melli.

According to Het Nieuwsblad, Manu (Manuel) Ferrera the Spanish born coach of Gent youth team and Gunther Verjans, who works with Standard Liege will be Wilmots assistants in Team Melli.

Herman De Landtsheer, could become his video analyst.

Wilmots should be arriving in Tehran in the next few days to start his duty after signing the contract in Brussels on Wednesday. He will be replacing the already departed Carlos Queiroz whose 8 years stint with Team Melli included two successive qualifications to the FIFA World Cup.

Wilmots first assignment is to prepare for the upcoming friendlies in the next FIFA Day with matches against Syria and South Korea 6th & 11th of June.

The latest new indicate that Wilmots will arrive in Tehran on the 28th of May.