NFF Appoints A New Coach

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) appoints a new coach of the Super Eagles. 

According to The Punch, Sunday Oliseh had accepted the job offer and would work with a Dutch as an assistant.

A manager close to Oliseh in Europe said: “I can confirm that Sunny (Oliseh) has accepted the offer and he will be working with an assistant coming down from Europe as well.”

On Wednesday Felix Anyansi-Agwu, who is the Chairman of the NFF Technical and Development Committee, stated: “An offer has been made, and there is an understanding, but we have to work out the final details of the agreement in a few days. Of course, the Executive Board has to give approval for his appointment based on the final terms to be agreed.”

The federation confirmed that Oliseh would come with a foreign technical assistant, whose job description will centre around development programmes, and working with clubs’ youth teams and certified academies towards developing the game from the grassroots.

NFF President Pinnick explained: “Sunday Oliseh has vast experience and immense knowledge of the game, and will certainly add value to what we are doing. He has bought into our vision and objectives towards the development of Nigeria football. He will command the respect of the players and we trust he has the temperament to work harmoniously with the Technical and Development Committee, the Technical Directorate and the Technical Study Group.On our part at the NFF, we will give him all the support to succeed as we have been giving to all our coaches. Subject to the approval of the NFF Executive Committee, we will conclude negotiations by weekend and he will be unveiled next week.”