Celebrated Nigerian youth team coach Samson Siasia is one step closer to becoming the new coach of the U23 team of Nigeria, OwnGoalNigeria.com can exclusively reveal.
Siasia who has handled the U20 and U23 on two different occasions, and also the senior national team has completed the ban that kept him out of football for an extended period of time.
He is now pushing to be back in a national team role, and has the support of some people in the National Sports Commission (NSC), and also highly placed individuals in Nigeria.
We can exclusively reveal that barring a late minute change, he will be named as the coach of the U23 team and will begin preparations in earnest for the start of recruitment of players.
The main hurdle he is facing is from some individuals in the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), who have a candidate lined up for the job.
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