Despite report of the imminent appointment of 74 year old German Winfred Schäfer as the new coach of the senior national team of Nigeria, the technical director of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Austine Eguavoen will still be in charge of the list of players who will represent Nigeria in the next international round of games in October, OwnGoalNigeria.com reports.
Eguavoen who handled the team in interim capacity for the AFCON qualifiers 3-0 win over Benin Republic and the 0-0 draw against Rwanda in Kigali will remain as one of the assistants of the German, if he eventually gets the job.
In order not to caught in a similar situation that happened in the case of Bruno Labbadia, who was announced as coach but talks broke down over tax , the NFF are keeping Eguavoen in charge until all is sorted with Schäfer, or any other coach who ends up getting the job.
A return to his role as technical director of the NFF means he will still have a say on players invitation, and it includes the next international round of games which the Super Eagles will play in back to back qualifiers games against Libya.
We also gathered that two players namely Benjamin Tanimu and Alhassan Yusuf will miss out in the list with Kenneth Omeruo also in line for a return to the setup after missing the last three games due to varying reasons.
