Claude Le Roy, French football coach, has agreed to take over as manager of Oman's national team, according to the country's football federation.

Le Roy, who led Ghana to the semi-finals of this year's Africa Cup of Nations, has signed a one-year contract and will become Oman's fifth coach in just over two years.

"The deal is complete," Taha Suleiman Al Kishri, secretary-general of Oman's football federation, told Reuters.

"We have a very experienced coach who we expect will do a good job with our team."

The former Cameroon, Senegal, Congo and Malaysia coach took Ghana to 14th in the Fifa world rankings but rejected a new contract, saying he had reached "the end of that chapter".

The 60-year-old will be expected to deliver almost instant results for Oman, where patience with highly-paid foreign coaches seems to be in short supply.

Uruguayan Julio Cesar Ribas became the oil-rich Sultanate's fourth coaching casualty in just over two years when he was sacked after an unsuccessful 2010 World Cup qualifying campaign.

However, Al Kishri said Le Roy, who was one of 35 candidates for the post, would be given more than enough time to settle in.

"We will give him a fair chance," Al Kishri said.

"He will have full authority in decisions about the team."

Le Roy will prepare Oman for 2011 Asian Cup qualifiers and will be expected to steer them to victory when they host next year's eight-nation Gulf Cup.