There are strong indication that the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) will be forced to make a u-turn on the appointment of Portuguese coach Jose Peseiro as the new coach of the Super Eagles.
Peseiro is widely tipped to be named as coach as he is the preferred choice of the NFF but the minister for youths and sports Sunday Dare isn’t sold out on the choice of the Portuguese.
Dare according to Wale Ajayi, who is a close associate want the NFF to meet with all interested candidates again after the federal government agreed to foot the bills of the next foreign coach of the team.
NFF picked Peseiro as he is the one whose wages won’t be a problem to the football house but Dare is saying that with the federal government now in charge of the salary of the incoming coach, the NFF shouldn’t settle for Peseiro who according to him isn’t the best among the quartet of coaches shortlisted.
The others are Ernesto Valverde, Philip Cocu and Laurent Blanc. If the ministry gets their way Peseiro will for the second time in four months face the disappointment of getting rejected twice by the NFF.
He was supposed to take over from interim coach Austine Eguavoen after the AFCON but the move was halted with Eguavoen allowed to handled the team for the World Cup qualifiers playoff which ended in disappointment.