French Coach Paul Le Guen has reportedly turned down an offer by the Nigeria National Football to coach the Super Eagles.
The NFF Technical Committee had on Monday named the former PSG Coach
as the Technical Adviser for the Super Eagles, albeit subject to
approval from the Executive committee
However reports from Le Guen’s home country (France) sparked up by
French journalist, Herve Penot, who writes for L’Equipe, suggests that
the 52-year-old failed to agree on some knotty issues with the NFF.
“Paul le Guen will not go to Nigeria. Conditions not met to be coach.
Nothing to do with the selection today,” a tweet from the official
handle of Penot read.
One of the knotty issues Le Guen failed
to agree on with the NFF was that he would prefer to operate from France
while the NFF wants him permanently stationed in Nigeria.
On Monday, the committee of the Nigeria Football Federation confirmed
the appointment of Frenchman Le Guen as the new Technical Adviser of
the Senior National Team, Super Eagles.
The NFF Technical Committee also said Le Guen will be assisted by Nigerian Salisu Yusuf, who takes the role of Chief Coach.
Le Guen, 52, played for Brest, Nantes and Paris Saint Germain and won
17 caps for France, before coaching Rennes, Lyon, PSG (in France) and
Glasgow Rangers (in Scotland). He qualified the Indomitable Lions of
Cameroon for the 2010 FIFA World Cup finals and also coached Oman.
Since Coach Sunday Oliseh exited the Super Eagles in February, the
team has been without a substantive handler with Coach Salisu Yusuf
only functioning on acting capacity.
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