61 year old Swede Janne Andersson is still interested in becoming the substantive coach of the senior national team of Nigeria, despite failing to reach an agreement with the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) one month ago, OwnGoalNigeria.com reports.
Andersson was offered the role by the NFF but he was undecided on when to resume in his new role wanting the NFF to excuse him from the recently concluded AFCON 2025 qualifiers games, as he will only be available from the end of this month due to his contract with a media company.
It was verbally agreed between all parties involved that he will assign his assistants to take charge of both games, but he came up with another twist requesting for the date of his resumption to be shifted to November.
The NFF refused his request, which led to the appointment of German coach Bruno Labbadia as the coach, but the 58 year old made a u-turn on the offer after a breakdown in talks over the payment of his taxes. The technical director of the NFF Austine Eguavoen was hurriedly drafted in as coach.
Eguavoen led the team to a 3-0 win over Benin Republic and a 0-0 draw against Rwanda, effectively ending his two games mandate as coach which has opened the door for the appointment of a substantive coach.
We can exclusively report that Andersson is still very much in the picture as all have been agreed with him , with only his date of resumption missing from the agreement meaning talks can resume if the NFF deems fit as the coach has maintained his interest in the job.
