The denial by top brass of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) on contacting Winfred Schäfer for the Super Eagles job has sparked a response from the camp of the coach, OwnGoalNigeria.com can exclusively reveal.
Yesterday the online edition of foremost Nigeria media outlet Guardian ran a story of the 74 year old former coach of Cameroon getting the nod to take over as coach of the senior national team of Nigeria.
In a swift response, the NFF denied contact with the coach saying Austine Eguavoen will still continue in his role as interim coach for the upcoming AFCON qualifiers back to back games against Libya in October.
A representative of the coach reached out to OwnGoalNigeria.com to speak on the reported interest stating the part of the coach , who won the AFCON title for Cameroon 20 years ago.
“You don’t work for the Guardian but I want you to clear the air since you also wrote the story. Schäfer was contacted two days before the Super Eagles 3-0 win over Benin Republic. Proposals were made and talks progressed nicely”, he said.
” The proposed contract was discussed with his lawyers and reverted back to the NFF. So to say there was never contact is mischievous and misleading. You can’t destroy people’s job like that”.
Mohammed Mowiz Suleiman
