With just ten days left for the contract of the coach of the Super Eagles Jose Peseiro to expire, there is no clear statement yet on what the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) will do next as regarding his role, OwnGoalNigeria.com reports.
Nigeria have already booked a spot at next year Africa Cup of Nations with their 3-2 win away to Sierra Leone in the penultimate round of qualifiers games for the AFCON. Their qualification has turned their last game in the qualifiers series against Sao Tome and Principe is now a dead runner encounter.
However, there is no idea on who will lead the team into the game with two different sources at the glass house giving conflicting reports about the future of the Portuguese coach.
A source who spoke to OwnGoalNigeria.com shortly after the win over Sierra Leone said the coach who is presently on a $70,000 a month salary will be retained but on a lower salary saying the football house can’t afford his current pay, which was agreed with the previous board.
He said a decision on his contract will be made public soon with the expectation that he will be given a fresh mandate to ensure the team wins the next Africa Cup of Nations, which will trigger a two year extension that will extend till after the qualifiers for the next World Cup.
His take is entirely different from another secretariat staff of the football house, who said the exit of the coach will be made public in ten days time, saying the reason why he wasn’t sacked instantly was because he made it to the AFCON with the win over Sierra Leone.
In his words, a new coach will be announced immediately and he will be in charge of the team for the final qualifiers game against Sao Tome and Principe. He didn’t however mentioned if the coach to be is an indigenous coach or a foreign coach.
Mohammed Mowiz Suleiman
