The president of the Nigeria Football Federation, Amaju Pinnick, has been spotted with AS Roma manager Jose Mourinho as the search for new Super Eagles coach continues, Soccernet reports. Amaju Pinnick has never hidden his passion for foreign coaches as reports say the administrator has reached out to the former Chelsea manager to help identify a good coach for Nigeria.
It was gathered via Vanguard that the ‘Special One’ has introduced former Venezuela coach Jose Pesiero to take up the plum job and will accompany his fellow countryman to the West Africa nation for his unveiling.
The NFF sacked Gernot Rohr from his position as coach of the Super Eagles with barely four weeks to the 2022 Africa Cup of Nations. Augustine Eguavoen has been named to take charge of the team temporarily and lead them to the competition billed to kick-off in Cameroon on January 9. If officially appointed, Peseiro will observe the team from a distance at the competition and will take over from Eguavoen after the Nations Cup. The Portuguese will then prepare the Super Eagles for the crucial FIFA World Cup qualifying play-offs in March as Nigeria will attempt to reach the global sporting event billed for Qatar.