Legendary Italian defender Fabio Cannavaro has revealed the main reason why he snubbed the opportunity to be the new coach of the senior national team of Nigeria, OwnGoalNigeria.com reports.
Like we exclusively reported after the announcement on Bruno Labbadia as the new coach of the team, Cannavaro was on a revised shortlist of four which includes Aitor Karanka and. Gustavo Poyet.
Labbadia however made a u-turn on the offer following a disagreement on payment of his tax during talks , forcing the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) into appointing technical director of the body Austine Eguavoen as interim coach for this weekend’s AFCON qualifiers game against Benin Republic in Uyo.
Speaking on his next career move as a coach after his last job as coach of Serie A side Udinese, Cannavaro revealed he had offers including from Nigeria, but wants to bid his time until the end of ten year with the hope that a Serie A or any team in Europe will take a chance on him.
“I had offers from Nigeria [national team] and Iranian clubs, but I want to wait for Serie A and European clubs until December. After that, I may start travelling again.”
Mohammed Mowiz Suleiman
