The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has set a timeline for the appointment of a new coach for the senior national team of Nigeria, OwnGoalNigeria.com reports.
Nigeria prosecuted the entire games of the AFCON qualifiers without a substantive coach with Austine Eguavoen the technical director of the NFF taking charge of their successful quest to be at next year’s tournament.
Eguavoen is however expected to return to his role for a new coach, who is expected to be in place before the resumption of the qualifiers for the 2027 World Cup, where the Super Eagles are yet to win a game and sit in 5th position in the 6 team group, four points behind the leaders Rwanda.
We can exclusively report that the NFF have set a deadline for the engagement of a foreign coach, which is the end of January and talks with prospective sponsors who will foot the salary of the coach is progressing nicely.
A shortlist of five coaches will be drawn up by the football house in December, and interviews will be held before they embark on a break for the end of the year festivities. In January a decision will be reached with one of the coaches and terms will be discussed.
The end of January is when the NFF think is enough time to engage a new coach, as it will afford him the chance to draw up a proper plan for the team when they resume their campaign in the word cup qualifiers in March.
Ade Emmanuel
