According to the sources close to the Dubai-based club, all arrangements have ben made to welcome the former manager of Cameroon national team in 2002 South Korea-Japan World Cup.

Known for his strict commitment to discipline and order, Winnie was hired by the west African football federation in 2001 to restore order to the African lions who began to lose grounds at the international levels following their great achievement in Italy in 1990, a move that broke the traditions of the nation of hiring French or East Europeans only.