José Peseiro has announced that he was unable to strike an agreement with the Nigeria Football Federation to become the Super Eagles team’s head coach.
The NFF confirmed in December that the 61-year-old Portuguese coach would be the new coach of the Super Eagles following the AFCON in Cameroon.
However, due to a variety of circumstances, the NFF reversed its decision on Monday and announced that Austin Eguavoen will continue as temporary coach of the Super Eagles for next month’s World Cup playoffs against Ghana.
Peseiro has now revealed that a deal with the Nigerian Federation did not materialize due to financial issues and clauses in the proposed contract.
He said: “After several weeks of negotiations, during which a number of decisions emerged with the Nigerian football federation announcing that I would be the coach of their national team by the end of 2021 AFCON, an announcement that I never confirmed, this did not happen because of disagreement over some clauses (in the contract) and financial issues.”
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