Scolari led Brazil to World Cup glory in 2002

Luiz Felipe Scolari, the man who steered Brazil to their 2002 World Cup victory in Asia, has thrown his support behind Morocco's bid to host the 2010 World Cup finals.

Scolari, now coaching Euro 2004 hosts Portugal, has said he believed the north African nation "had everything ready to do a great job if they host the finals."

The Brazilian and his family were guests of the Moroccan bid team for the weekend and he visited both Casablanca and Marrakesh where he inspected stadia and training facilities.

"I spent three years working in Kuwait and I would be very happy to see the finals go to an Arab nation, to a Muslim country," he said.

I am sure Morocco will do a great job Luiz Felipe Scolari

"Morocco also has a great football history and it is a beautiful place with very kind people.

"I am sure there will be a lot of people supporting this bid.

"They are well organised and they have done so much work to get ready. I am sure they will do a great job."

Scolari, who was visiting Morocco for the first time, was invited to give advice and opinions on Moroccan facilities in his role as "the man who coached the world champions".

Morocco is competing with South Africa, Egypt, Libya and Tunisia for the right to stage Africa's first World Cup.

Football's world governing body Fifa will announce the winning candidate on May 15 following a meeting of its executive committee in Zurich.