Head coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Eric Chelle will continue as the coach of the senior national team of Nigeria, despite receiving offers from a couple of countries who are willing to pay him more than what he is currently earning with Nigeria.
Chelle like we exclusively revealed has the backing of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to continue as coach, despite failing to meet the target of reaching the final of the recently concluded AFCON.
The decision of the NFF to continue with the Malian is hinged on the fact that the team’s style of play at the tournament, showed that they are in the right direction and with the AFCON qualifiers set to begin in March they decided to stick with the Malian.
Meanwhile, the performance of the Super Eagles at the AFCON where they finished third, already caught the attention of other teams in Africa notably Uganda, Tanzania, Guinea, Mali, Burkina Faso and Egypt.
A return to Mali was quickly ruled out by Chelle, and he feels he is more settled with the Super Eagles hence won’t take the option of weighing juicy financial offers from Burkina Faso, Egypt and Uganda who are all willing to double his current wage with Nigeria.
Already a meeting has been held with the chairman of the National Sports Commission (NSC) Alhaji Shehu Dikko and his representative, where salaries, allowances and other issues were thrashed out.
However there will be no extension to his current deal, which will run till 2027 hence fresh terms won’t be discussed.
Mohammed Mowiz Suleiman
