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Trapattoni denies Salzburg claims
 Trapattoni has been out of football since being fired by Stuttgart. VIENNA, Austria -- Former Italy coach Giovanni Trapattoni has denied in a German television interview that he has agreed to accept a job as team manager with Red Bull Salzburg, with Lothar Matthaeus as his coach. The 67-year-old said he had still not yet made any final decision on whether to join Red Bull. The Austrian club announced on Friday that Trapattoni and Matthaeus, 45, had been hired as their new coaching team by Red Bull chief Dietrich Mateschitz. "It's an honor that Salzburg is interested in me," Trapattoni told ZDF. "But such a step has to be carefully considered. That I've signed a contract is a piece of news that is absolutely not accurate. "A decision on my part will come at the earliest next week." Trapattoni also clarified what roles he and Matthaeus would have if they went to Salzburg. "Lothar is a good friend but it's clear that I would be the chief coach and Matthaeus would be my assistant," Trapattoni added. "Lothar was my player, he knows my experience. Naturally it would depend on Lothar but he has already signalled that he would like to work with me." Trapattoni, who was fired by Stuttgart in February, coached Matthaeus at Inter Milan and at Bayern Munich in 1997. Matthaeus coached Rapid Vienna and Partizan Belgrade before a spell as Hungary's coach and a brief stint in Brazil. Bayern Munich president Franz Beckenbauer, who lives near Salzburg, had a role in arranging the deal. 
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