The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has drawn up a three man shortlist of foreign coaches who will likely get the nod to replace Finidi George as the head coach of the senior national team of Nigeria OwnGoalNigeria.com can exclusively reveal
Finidi was relieved off his job as the head coach of the Nigerian team after the team’s poor showing in the 2026 world cup qualifiers, where they were held to a 1-1 draw by South Africa before losing 1-2 to Benin Republic and dropped to 5th in their group. Four points behind the leaders Rwanda. ….CONTINUE READING
We can exclusively reveal that the NFF has drawn a three man shortlist for the job led by the present coach of the senior national team of Cameroon Marc Brys. The coach is open to leaving the team owing to his poor relationship with the president of the football association Samuel Eto’o.
Former coach of Cameroon Antonio Conceição is also in the three man shortlist and seen as the favourite by many, because of his record on the continent while he was in charge of Cameroon two years ago.
The last on the list is Didier Six, who was previously the coach of the senior national team of Guinea until 2021. Six who is a former French international
has previously coached the senior teams of Togo and Mauritius respectively.
All three will be screened and interviewed for the role when the break in Nigeria for the celebration of sallah is over.
– OwnGoalNigeria
