Nigerian Football Federation, Retains Eguavoen As Super Eagles’ Coach, Drops Jose Peseiro

 

 Nigerian Football Federation, Retains Eguavoen As Super Eagles’ Coach, Drops Jose Peseiro

 The federation retained Augustine Eguavoen as Interim Technical Adviser while former Nigeria World Cup star and also appointed former U-20 Boys’ Head Coach, Emmanuel Amuneke,  as a Chief Coach and an immediate assistant to Eguavoen.

 

 

 

In a statement on Monday, the federation said it would not move forward with the agreement with Jose Peseiro who was expected to take charge of the team after the Africa Cup of Nations.
“The NFF Board has approved a recommendation of the Technical and Development Committee retaining Augustine Eguavoen as Technical Director/Technical Adviser (interim) while Emmanuel Amuneke becomes the Chief Coach of the Super Eagles. Salisu Yusuf will be the 2nd Assistant Coach/Chief Coach of the CHAN team and Joseph Yobo will be 3rd Assistant while Aloysius Agu remains the Goalkeepers’ Trainer,” NFF General Secretary, Dr Mohammed Sanusi, announced.
The reconstitution comes after the Super Eagles’ outing at the 33rd Africa Cup of Nations finals in Cameroon, and ahead of the potentially –explosive FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 play-off round against the Black Stars of Ghana next month.
Sanusi added, “We acknowledge and appreciate the interest that Mr Jose Peseiro has shown in Nigeria Football during our very cordial discussions and have absolutely no doubt about his capacity. We believe that perhaps in the future, there could be an opportunity to work with him.