As the contract of the current coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Jose Peseiro enters into it’s final six months, there has been talks about if he is worth an extension or not owing to recent run of results.
Peseiro has only won two out of the nine games he has handled the team and it came against Sierra Leone and Sao Tome and Principe both in the AFCON qualifiers. The only two games he has handled the team in competive games so far.
Reacting to the performance of the Saudi Arabia team after their 1-0 win over Argentina, the wife of former Super Eagles top striker Odion Ighalo urged the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to recruit the coach of the team Herve Renard saying he is a master tactician.
” He is a matter tactician. We need him”, Adesuwa Sonia Ighalo posted on her Instagram story after the 2-1 win recorded by Saudi Arabia against Argentina at the ongoing 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
Her comment is coming at a time when it appears the Portuguese coach of the Nigerian team and the NFF appear to be heading for a divorce, as he hasn’t been paid for six months plus his deal has six months to go and there has been no talks over an extension.
Although Renard is no stranger to African football as he has coached Morocco and Zambia in the past. He might however be out of the budget of the NFF as he currently earns around $120,000 a month as coach of Saudi Arabia. $50,000 more than what Peseiro who hasn’t been paid for six months earns at that moment.