Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) president Kazi Salahuddin hoped that the federation would be able to rope in a foreign coach and a technical director by October this year.
Salahuddin, who returned home from England on Sunday after a personal tour, said that he did some homework for the federation during the brief visit.
"I did some survey, especially about salaries of a technical director and a foreign coach. It seems that a reasonably good coach would cost us 10,000 dollars (US) per month. The technical director would also cost similarly or slightly lower," Salahuddin told yesterday.
"Now that I have a clear picture, I know how I have to plan," he told.
The BFF boss also had a conversation with Richard Bates, the technical director whose name was proposed by the Asian Football Confederation, on phone.
"He wants to talk face to face. I think we would meet next month to discuss about the deal and hope to appoint him by October," said the former Bangladesh captain, who could not meet English FA officials for cutting the tour short.
"I hope to meet the FA officials also in September.
"One thing I want to make sure is that we don't rush any appointments. We don't want to make any mistakes, especially about the coach.
"In fact, we have only international tournament this year and our coach (Shafiqul Islam) Manik can handle it. So whatever time it takes to get the right person, we will wait."
Salahuddin also opined that 'it would be better to kick off crucial matches in major tournaments at the same time if possible' when his attention was drawn to the ongoing Federation Cup, where different kick-off times in the deciding group matches apparently helped teams who had started late.
The BFF could have easily started the last matches of a group at the same time, as it is the custom in international tournaments, as it had the option to hold matches at different venues unlike any previous seasons.