The contract of the head coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Jose Peseiro will come to an end in June and there has been no talks about an extension, OGN can exclusively reveal.
Peseiro signed a one year deal that will extend to a two years contract if he wins the Africa Cup of Nations originally scheduled for this year but postponed to next year.
That postponement appears to have caused some form of confusion over his contract which will soon be over, but it has now been cleared by a member of the Nigeria Football Federation, who also hinted at the possible next line of action.
” It’s a one year deal and it didn’t extend automatically following the postponement of the AFCON. The first year will end in June and it will be subjected to a review by the technical department of the NFF, they will then advice on the next step to be taken on either an extension or not”, he told OGN.
Explaining further, he said before a decision is reached Salisu Yusuf, one of the assistants of Peseiro will handle the team in interim capacity. He is the most senior in the set up and the oldest. Above all he is the only one with a written contract. So it’s so normal”.
When reminded that Yusuf recently failed to qualify the CHAN team and later the U23s for the AFCON, he said there is every tendency that he won’t continue in the roles but his contract with the Super Eagles still has a year left to run.
” Yusuf won’t be handling the home based team or the U23s but his contract with the Super Eagles still has one more year to run. When that one expires then a decision will be made but for now we can’t sack him over the U23 of CHAN Eagles”, he concluded.
Mohammed Mowiz
