Head coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Jose Peseiro wasn’t the top candidate when interviews was held for the vacant position of the coach of the team, according to the representative of one of the contestants for the job.
Peseiro was appointed as coach of the senior national team of Nigeria on a one year deal last year following the failure of the team to qualify for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, he is currently seven months into the job.
However, the story could have been entirely different where it not for reasons best known to the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), as former PSG and also ex coach of the national team of France Laurent Blanc was the top pick for the job.
” I was told congratulations and expect to hear from us (NFF) soon on the details and salary. That was how we ended. I also had verbal discussions with former NFF president Amaju Pinnick who went as far as detailing how he will want the terms of the deal to be written”, his representative told OwnGoalNigeria.com.
Pressed on if his client’s salary demands made it impossible for the NFF to engage him further, he dismissed the claims saying they didn’t get to the stage of discussing wages and bonuses.
” Peseiro is earning really well and that was about what we had in mind but it didn’t get to the stage. Talks were about his assistants and how he will help develop the Nigerian coaches who will work with him. It’s okay and we wish the team all the best going forward”, he concluded.