The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has made officially made contact with a Portuguese coach who will likely head the team when the qualifiers for the 2022 Africa Cup of Nations begins, OwnGoalNigeria.com can exclusively reveal.
NFF in a communique after a meeting of their executives said their technical department have been saddled with the responsibility of bringing forward names of coaches who will likely lead the team within a five days span.
We exclusively gathered that Antonio Conceicao da Silva Oliveira popularly known as Toni Conceicao is the leading candidate to be named as coach and contacts have been made already.
Talks is on with the lawyers of the coach who handled Cameroon at the last Africa Cup of Nations and led them to a bronze medal finish but was sacked after a disagreement with new FA President Samuel Eto’o.
The 60 year old faced Nigeria twice in a friendly game and didn’t lose any. He was said to have impressed the NFF hierarchy with the way his team was set up in both games and also during the AFCON.
A decision is yet to be reached but talks are well advanced and unless some things change or both parties fail to reach an agreement he will be named coach of the senior national team of Nigeria by the end of this month.
