Unless the senior national team of Nigeria makes it all the way to the final of next year Africa Cup of Nations in Cote d’Ivoire, the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) have already settled for a new coach for the team.
Head coach of the team Jose Peseiro will be given an extension if the team go all the way to the final but if otherwise then his contract won’t be extended upon expiration after the tournament.
OwnGoalNigeria.com can exclusively reveal that Emmanuel Amuneke is the choice of the technical committee of the NFF led by Sharif Rabiu Inuwa popularly known as Ahlan.
Amuneke comes highly recommended from someone that the NFF chief holds in high esteem. Already talks have been made over his possible appointment after the AFCON.
This much was communicated to the minister for sports development Senator John Enoh, when a delegation of former players of the senior national team of Nigeria paid him a courtesy visit few weeks ago. He is sold out to the idea of having an indigenous coach handle the Super Eagles.
The choice of Amuneke is way easier because he isn’t entirely new to the system as he has twice served as assistant to previous head coaches, the last of which was the ill fated world cup qualifiers playoff where he was the assistant to Austine Eguavoen when they lost the world cup ticket to Ghana.
Meanwhile some sources claim that the president of the NFF Ibrahim Musa Gusau is still keen on a foreign coach and has the coach of the Gambian team Tom Saintfeit as his top pick.
Mohammed Mowiz Suleiman
