The decision to hand the coaching job of the senior national team of Nigeria to Belgian tactician Tom Saintfeit hasn’t gone down well with some board members of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), OwnGoalNigeria.com reports.
Saintfeit is the favourite for the job ahead of former coach of Mali Eric Chelle following the withdrawal of Herve Renard from the race to replace Finidi George. We gathered he is the preferred choice of the president of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Ibrahim Musa Gusau.
Gusau is however facing stiff opposition from some members of his board over the 51 year old, who have reservations over his suitability for the role owing to the fact that he hasn’t handled a star studded team like the Super Eagles is at the moment.
It is part of why the announcement of a new coach has been delayed by the NFF, although the fact that they are waiting on the approval of the minister for sports senator John Enoh is said to be the primary reasons behind the delay.
Nigeria is in a race against time to name a new coach for the team before next month Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers game against Benin Republic and Rwanda respectively.
