Any hope for former Super Eagles star, Austen Eguavoen, to enjoy any long tenure as the team’s coach has been cut short.
The reason is that the Nigeria Football Federation has appointed a new substantive coach for the team – Mr Jose Peseiro – barely three weeks after Eguavoen was unveiled as the acting manager, after the sacking of Gernot Rohr.
The Executive Committee of the NFF stated this in a communique made available on Wednesday to the media.
The communique said: “After careful consideration of a memo presented by Chairman of the Technical and Development Sub-Committee, the Executive Committee endorsed a proposal for the appointment of Mr Jose Peseiro as the new Head Coach of the Super Eagles, following the end to the relationship with Mr Gernot Rohr.
“However, the Committee resolved that Mr Augustine Eguavoen, named the interim Head Coach, will lead the Super Eagles to the AFCON 2021 in Cameroon with Mr Peseiro only playing the role of Observer. It was unanimously agreed that the AFCON is a good avenue for Mr Peseiro to launch a working relationship with Mr Eguavoen, who will revert to his role as Technical Director (hence Mr Peseiro’s immediate boss) after the AFCON.”
