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Nigeria FA to announce new coach for Super Eagles in August

Xinhua, July 29, 2016 Adjust font size:

Nigeria's football governing body will announce the appointment of a technical adviser for the Super Eagles in August, an official said Thursday.

Chris Green, Chairman of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Technical and Development Committee disclosed this to reporters in Abuja, the nation's capital city.

The Committee had given the committee seven days within which to name a technical adviser for the senior national team following the federation' s failure to obtain Frenchman Paul Le Guen' s signature as coach of the team.

Green said though the deadline given to the committee by the NFF Board to name Le Guen' s replacement elapsed on July 27, efforts were on to ensure it does not exceed August.

"We have spread our dragnet by considering the once that applied now and it will be announced to Nigerians by next month; So, I think we are on course," he said.

The FA subsequently named Salisu Yusuf as the new Super Eagles head coach.

The NFF Executive Committee had claimed it rejected the recommendation of its technical committee for Le Guen to be appointed the Super Eagles technical adviser, hence the appointment of Yusuf. Endit