<h3 style="text-align: justify"><strong>Jorge Sampaoli will stay on as coach of Copa America winners Chile until the 2018 World Cup despite hinting he might seek a new challenge, the Chilean Federation president declared on Monday.</strong></h3> <p style="text-align: justify">"Sampaoli is not going. The continuity of the coach until the 2018 World Cup in Russia is assured," Sergio Jadue told national television.</p> . <p style="text-align: justify">"There is an agreement with Jorge. This matter is closed."</p> <p style="text-align: justify">Jadue's comments came after Sampaoli hinted at a possible departure in the wake of Chile's historic win over Argentina in the Copa America final.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">Though he has a deal with Chile until the 2018 World Cup finals, the Argentine told sports daily Marca that it could be too difficult to better their achievement in defeating his native country 4-1 on penalties after Saturday's final ended goalless.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">"I have a contract but we have to look at the situation and see what happens," the 55-year-old Sampaoli was quoted as saying.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">Sampaoli said he was studying with his coaching staff "whether this can be improved on, whether we can continue to be useful."</p> <p style="text-align: justify">Sampaoli and his all-Argentine coaching team have transformed Chile since arriving in late 2012 as the country struggled in qualifying for the 2014 World Cup.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">They qualified and eventually lost only on penalties to hosts Brazil in the last 16.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">Winning the Copa America was Sampaoli's crowning triumph and there are now rumours that he would like to coach a European club.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">"We have to look at all this calmly. There is an existing contract. Soon you will see everything," he said.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">He added that it would not be easy to start at a European team now that most clubs have already begun their pre-season preparations.</p> <p style="text-align: justify"><strong>By AFP</strong></p>