Super Eagles to Get a New Coach in the Next Two Weeks

The Minister of Sports, Senator John Enoh, has assured Nigerians that the Super Eagles will have a new coach in the next one or two weeks.

Finidi Goerge, one of Peseiro’s assistants, temporarily led the team after the expiration of the Jose Peseiro’s contract after the Africa Cup of Nations in February. Finidi led the team in their last two friendlies against Ghana and Mali.

The Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) will reportedly announce the appointment of a permanent coach soon.

“Unfortunately, the senior national team doesn’t have a coach. We played two friendlies and had just Finidi George oversee those two matches”, said Senator Enoh in an exclusive interview on Channels Televisions Sports Tonight on Thursday.

“The first responsibility of getting a coach lies with the NFF and I have been in touch with the NFF because I think Nigerians didn’t expect that after the contract with coach Peseiro came to an end and wasn’t renewed, that it will take as long and not have a coach yet.”

“But NFF is conscious and mindful that our next qualifiers in June, what I can assure is that in the next one or two weeks at the most, the senior national team will have a new coach. My engagement and interactions with NFF suggest to me that NFF is conscious of expectations of Nigerians, they are conscious that they cannot afford to lead the country to another non-appearance at the WORLD Cup, the NFF knows what Nigeria lost by not being at the last World Cup and they are working very hard to ensure it doesn’t happen again.”

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