Former Norwich City head coach David Wagner is on a short list to be the next South Korean boss.

Wagner has been out of management since his departure from the Canaries following their Championship play-off aggregate defeat to Leeds in May.

The ex-Huddersfield, Schalke and Young Boys coach is reportedly set for further talks with Korean FA chiefs in Europe over the coming days.

Gus Poyet, who was in charge of Greece until they failed to qualify for the Euros, is the other leading candidate.

Reports in Korea suggest both Wagner and Poyet impressed in video interviews, with contractual terms not believed to be an issue in either case.

An appointment could come as soon as next week, with South Korea’s next competitive fixtures scheduled to be World Cup qualifiers against Palestine and Oman in September.

Wagner won 31 of his 75 games in charge at Carrow Road, after replacing Dean Smith in January 2023. City did secure a top six finish in his only full season at the helm, but were hammered by Leeds in the second leg of May’s play-off at Elland Road.

The 52-year-old was dismissed the following day, with City appointing Dane Johannes Hoff Thorup to replace him.

Wagner was linked with a return to club management at Kaiserslautern earlier in the summer, after being spotted with officials from the ‘Red Devils’ at last season’s German cup final.

The South Koreans have had an interim coach in charge for the past five months since German World Cup winner Jurgen Klinsmann was sacked following their Asian Cup semi-final exit.

Tottenham star, Son Heung-min, is South Korea’s most high profile player and captain, but Wagner worked with former Norwich City loan striker Hwang Ui-Jo last season.

Hwang is back in England at Premier League Nottingham Forest, following a brief loan move to Turkey, but the veteran striker remains ineligible for international selection due to on-going investigations into allegations in his private life.

Norwich sporting director, Ben Knapper, recently outlined publicly why the time was right to move on from Wagner.

“David's a fantastic head coach. There's no doubt about that. He's a fantastic person and he's a fantastic head coach, and what he's achieved in his career speaks for itself,” he said, speaking at the official unveiling of Thorup. “But where we are in our journey, and our evolution at this club, I felt we needed something new and a little bit different in terms of playing style - in terms of pathways, openness to developing youth players - and really giving a platform to some of the talent that we've got in our environment.

“I felt there was a little shift needed. And, like I have said, Johannes embodies exactly the direction that we want to move in.”