Ill-fated Chelsea manager Luiz Felipe Scolari has taken the reins at Uzbek club Bunyodkor. The Brazilian tactician has signed an 18-month contract with the club and is delighted to now be involved with football in Uzbekistan.

"Uzbek football now creates its own success story, especially Bunyodkor with its remarkable dynamism and prospects for the past four years," said Scolari on www.fcbunyodkor.com.

"Completion of a new football stadium in the town of Tashkent, which is scheduled for March 2010, will open a new era for the club.

"I know that I am in the right place at the right time and in the right team."