The recently announced new coach of the Super Eagles of Nigeria Bruno Labbadia have made a U-Turn on taking over as coach of the team according to German news outfit Kicker.
Labbadia was announced on Tuesday as the new coach of the senior national team of Nigeria, and immediately tasked with handling the team for their upcoming AFCON qualifiers games against Benin Republic and Rwanda on the 7th and 10th of September respectively.
He was expected to arrive in Nigeria today for his official unveiling but a breakdown in talks with the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) means he won’t be making the trip as planned.
We reported early this morning that agreement is yet to be reached with the NFF on certain areas regarding his engagement as coach , and Kicker in their publication confirmed that the German have reservations on certain aspects outside finances.
They termed the deal as very lucrative on the financial side, butt the sudden rush by the NFF to announce his engagement when talks on other aspects of the deal is yet to sealed got the coach angry.
The report also say they were other organizational issue which weren’t resolved in due time for the coach to take over, hence his decision to halt talks with the NFF, he however still has his dream of handing a national team in the future intact.
