Former Real Madrid, AC Milan and Ajax midfield supremo Clarence Seedorf has thrown his hat into the ring as a possible replacement for coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Jose Peseiro, OwnGoalNigeria.com can exclusively reveal.
Peseiro’s deal with the Nigerian team expired two days ago and there has been no talk over an extension, with the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) saying they will use opinion of Nigerians to make a decision on his future.
That delay had led to some coaches approaching the NFF with the idea of taking over from the Portuguese, one of which is Seedorf who last job was handling the Cameroonian team at the 2019 AFCON, where they were eliminated by Nigeria.
” Seedorf is interested and we have already sounded out the NFF on his availability and we have been told to wait for a decision on Peseiro. I believe Nigerians remember that the glory days of our football came under Dutch coaches and he is also from that school”, his representative told OwnGoalNigeria.com in an exclusive chat.
He said the coach has plans to work with a Nigerian assistant in Finidi George, who recently led Enyimba FC of Aba to the Nigeria Professional Football League title and was a former teammate of the Dutchman.
” He will be open to keeping Finidi George as his assistant as they were teammates at Ajax and both share the same philosophy. Our file has been forwarded already and we are waiting for a response officially”, he stated.
Osas Mahawi
