. Salisu
Yusuf is Chief Coach
The
Technical and Development Committee of the Nigeria Football Federation on
Monday named Frenchman Paul Le Guen, 52, as the new Technical Adviser of the
Senior National Team, Super Eagles. He will be assisted by Nigerian Salisu
Yusuf, who takes the role of Chief Coach. The appointments are subject to
agreement of contract terms with the NFF Executive Committee.
New Eagles’
boss Le Guen steered the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon to the 2010 FIFA World
Cup finals. He played for Brest, Nantes and Paris Saint Germain and won 17 caps
for France, before coaching Rennes, Lyon, PSG (in France) and Glasgow Rangers (in
Scotland). He also coached Oman.
Yusuf,
capped at U20 level by Nigeria, called the shots in interim capacity for two
international friendly matches in Europe at the end of May, which the Eagles
won.
Spokesman of
the Committee, Paul Bassey, told thenff.com after the meeting at the NFF
secretariat on Monday that Enugu Rangers gaffer Imama Amapakabo and former
Super Eagles’ goalkeeper and skipper Alloy Agu, who served as assistant coach
and goalkeeper trainer for the games against Mali and Luxembourg in May, retain
their places in the technical crew.
The new
crew’s immediate challenge is a 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against
Tanzania in the first week of September – a dead rubber, but which would serve
as ample preparation for the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying match away to
Zambia on October 3.
The
Committee has also recommended to the NFF Board, the appointment of one –time
Super Eagles’ assistant coach Bitrus Bewarang as the new NFF Technical
Director. Bewarang, who is president of the Nigeria Football Coaches
Association, will replace the late Coach Shaibu Amodu.
There is
also a recommendation that former Super Eagles’ defender Nduka Ugbade be
restored to the U17 National Team as assistant to Coach Manu Garba.
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