Super Eagles: Le Guen turns down NFF appointment
The Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, Technical Committee announced Paul Le Guen as the Technical Adviser of the Super Eagles, Monday evening.
But the Frenchman has reportedly turned down the appointment.
This follows the inability of the NFF and the new appointtee to reach an agreement on contract terms.
Le Guen reportedly requested to bring his own assistants as opposed to the NFF’s appointment of the Salisu Yusuf as the Chief Coach of the team.
He also asked to be paid in dollars and for guarantee that the payments would be steady.
The NFF also offered him a two-year contract in contrast to his request for a four-year contract.
Meanwhile, Chairman of the NFF Technical and Development Committee, Barrister Chris Green has said the committee would consider other options.
The announcement made on Monday (by the NFF’s technical committee) was quite clear. Le Guen was offered the job subject to contract terms being agreed,” Green told an online publication on Tuesday.
“We had to look at the best interest of the country before offering anyone the job (to manage the Super Eagles) and one of such conditions was that the new technical adviser would reside in Nigeria.
“A situation where Nigeria will be the loser will never be accommodated by the NFF. “We want a coach who will not just take the Super Eagles to the next level but will develop Nigerian football as a whole and if he does not reside in Nigeria, it may not be feasible,” Green said.
“We will look at the next door if Le Guen decides not to accept the terms we offered him.
“A lot of top coaches applied to coach Nigeria and even more (who did not officially apply) are desirous of coaching Nigeria.
“The options are open and we want to assure Nigerians that we will contract a coach that will befit the status of one of the best national teams on the African continent.
“We are working assiduously to make Nigerians happy and will not relent till we achieve set objectives,” he said.
The next Coach of the Super Eagles will be tasked to deliver a ticket to the 2018 Fifa World Cup in Russia..
