DfB could add to Daum's problems

Former Bayer Leverkusen coach Christoph Daum may lose his DfB coaching license after charges of buying illegal drugs were brought against him.

"If there were truth to the allegations a procedure to withdraw his licence as a football teacher could be implemented," the DfB said in a statement today.

"Such a procedure can take place when a trainer no longer fulfils all the conditions his duty requires."

Daum was dropped from a plan to see him coach the Germany squad after he failed a dope test last November and is now working in Istanbul with former club Besiktas.

He is undergoing rehabilitation but prosecutors from the German city of Koblenz have said he is being charged with buying large amounts of cocaine.

Daum allegedly bought cocaine 24 times in 1999 and 39 times last year. He was buying three to five grammes from one of four other men charged in Koblenz.

The Besiktas coach does media work in Germany and denies that he was a cocaine dealer at any stage. He is facing a five year jail sentence and fine if found guilty but a court date has not been set yet.