I never agreed to coach the Super Eagles of Nigeria – Peseiro

José Peseiro has confirmed that there was never an agreement between him and the Nigeria Football Federation over becoming the head coach of the squad. According to him, there were financial issues and clauses in the proposed contract.

Recall that in December, the 61-year-old Portuguese coach was announced by the NFF as the new coach of the Super Eagles after the AFCON in Cameroon.

However, on Monday the NFF annulled it’s decision due to several circumstances and announced that Austin Eguavoen will continue as interim coach of the Super Eagles for next month’s World Cup playoffs against Ghana.

Peseiro 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.”