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Lack Of Funds: NFF Interviews Shortlisted Foreign Coaches Via Skype Today.
The Nigeria Football Federation officials have confirmed that Frenchman Paul Le Guen and Tom Saintfiet from Belgium will not be physically present in Abuja on Monday (today) for their interviews as the federation holds the last process in recruiting a new coach for the Super Eagles. The two foreigners will be interviewed by electronically via Skype.
The NFF technical committee shortlisted the two coaches alongside Salisu Yusuf.
The Assistant Director for Communication in the NFF, Ademola Olajire confirmed Yusuf would be in Abuja for the schedule.
“Salisu is in Abuja and so no problem about that,” he said.
We understand the NFF adopted the interview style in order to cut down cost.
Chairman of the technical committee Chris Green said on Sunday, “We have concluded arrangements for the interview process to take place at the NFF secretariat on Monday and thereafter, we will forward the name of the successful candidate to the NFF board, who will deliberate on it and thereafter make their decision public.”
Green said the committee will only settle for the candidate they see as most qualified and capable of qualifying the Eagles for the 2018 FIFA World Cup finals in Russia.
Saintfiet who is making about his third try for the Nigerian position coached the national teams of Namibia, Zimbabwe, Ethiopia, Yemen, Malawi and Togo, and also worked with the Qatar U17 side, Young Africans FC of Tanzania and Free State Stars FC in South Africa.
Yusuf played for Nigeria at U20 level, won FA Cup titles with El-Kanemi Warriors of Maiduguri as a player and coached top clubs Kano Pillars, El-Kanemi Warriors and Enyimba.
He assisted Eagles coaches Sunday Oliseh, Samson Siasia and late Stephen Keshi, and was caretaker coach for two friendlies that the Eagles won against Mali and Luxembourg in Europe at the end of May.
Le Guen, 52, who many see as the clear front runner played for Brest, Nantes and Paris Saint Germain and won 17 caps with 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.
The new Super Eagles jerseys for the 2024–2025 football season have been unveiled by clothing powerhouse, Nike.
Nike’s Instagram page published a post on Monday with a launch video of the new jerseys.
“The 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒 𝑵𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝑻𝒆𝒂𝒎 𝒌𝒊𝒕𝒔 disrupt convention with bold twists on icons.
“Featuring 𝑫𝒓𝒊-𝑭𝑰𝑻 𝑨𝑫𝑽 innovation, each kit is engineered for the needs of the modern footballer, from kick-off to the final whistle,” the post read.
Green hoops at the ends of the sleeves and shorts adorn the white home jersey. In a striking combination of colours, the word “Naija” is written in green across the kit’s breast.
In a stylistic nod to Nigeria’s national colours, the away uniform is patterned in a pastel version of the same colour, dark green.
For their 2026 World Cup qualifying campaign, the Super Eagles are anticipated to wear the new jerseys.
The team’s third qualifying match is scheduled for June 3 at home against South Africa. Seven days later, they are scheduled to travel to Benin Republic.
Before that, the Eagles will visit Grand Stade de Marrakech in Morocco for friendly matches against Ghana and Mali on March 22 and 26, respectively.
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