Amaju Pinnick who currently presides the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF has asked the Portuguese manager, Jose Peseiro to take another job ahead of Nigeria’s 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Ghana in March.
The NFF appointed Peseiro as the permanent manager of the Nigerian national football team in December of last year after axing Gernot Rohr.
Meanwhile, Peseiro was expected to assume responsibility as the Super Eagles’ boss after the end of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon.
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All the same, the team’s interim coach Augustine Eguavoen now seems to be in pole position for the job on a permanent basis inspite of the Eagles’ elimination from the 33rd edition of the African Cup.
The 51-year-old Pinnick has now disclosed that the NFF is yet to seal a formal deal with the former Porto manager.
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Pinnick told Channels TV: “I am still talking to him [Jose Peseiro], maybe he has to wait till after the World Cup qualifiers [against Ghana].”
“If in the course of his waiting, he got another job, we wish him well.”
“The good news is that we did not sign the contract officially.”
He added: “We don’t want to rush and make a hasty decision considering the circumstances.”
“We have to do what is best for the nation.”
“And we work in harmony with the sports ministry, which represents the government.”
