Bilic to quit Croatia in November

Croatia coach Slaven Bilic is confident his team will qualify for the 2010 World Cup finals and plans to quit his post for club management at the end of the campaign.

"We can still catch up with group leaders England if they slip up somewhere and even if we don't, we should finish runners-up and get another chance to qualify through the play-offs," Bilic said.

"I will stay at the helm until the end of our 2010 World Cup campaign, not a second longer because four years in charge is enough." Bilic, who took over in 2006, steered Croatia to the Euro 2008 quarter-finals after twice beating England in their qualifying group to eliminate them from the finals.

The exit forced England's former manager Steve McClaren to make way for Fabio Capello, who put England in the driving seat with four straight wins in Group Six, including a 4-1 away rout of the Croatians.