Nigeria will
name a foreign coach to qualify the country for the 2018 World Cup in a
fortnight, according to the president of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF).
On Tuesday
night, the Super Eagles crashed out of AFCON 2017 under the temporary charge of
Samson Siasia and NFF president Amaju Pinnick has now said he has concluded
plans to appoint an expatriate, whose salaries will be footed by a private
company.
“We’re going
to get a foreign manager for the team,” he is quoted by Vanguard newspaper.
“And we are
going to ensure that Nigeria qualify for the World Cup and do exceedingly well,
too.
"We’ll
make them utilise all FIFA windows to play quality friendly matches.”
He added:
“There is nothing to worry about the payment of salary for the foreign manager.
His wages are going to be taken care of by the private sector. We’ve concluded
that and it will not cost government anything.”
Already
several European coaches including former Cameroon coach Paul Le Guen and
Claude Le Roy have been mentioned in connection with the top Nigeria coaching
post.
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