Ray Wilkins will move to Jordan next week to begin a five-month spell in charge of the country’s national team.

The 57-year-old, who most recently worked as assistant head coach at Fulham last season under Rene Meulensteen, will be assisted by former Arsenal and Republic of Ireland forward Frank Stapleton.

The former England international will lead the team at the AFC Asian Cup in Australia in January.

“I am relocating, Frank and I will be moving out in the middle of next week, so we will be putting a lot of time and effort into the job,” Wilkins said.

“It’s only for five months, it’s not a long-term thing, it’s just until we get the Asian Cup over with.

“They’ve reached the quarterfinals on the last two occasions, so let’s hope we can go a couple better. We are going to go down there (to Australia ) in January and attempt to achieve something with them. I saw the guys train, they look a very lively bunch, so we’re looking forward to getting stuck in.”

Wilkins’ first match in charge will be against Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur on October 11.