The coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Jose Peseiro will have his contract extended by the Nigeria Football Federation in the coming days, OwnGoalNigeria.com can exclusively reveal.
Peseiro signed a one year deal to become the permanent coach of the Nigerian team following the end of the tenure of Austin Eguavoen as interim coach of the team. It ended with Nigeria failing to qualify for the World Cup in Qatar.
His contract has a provision to be extended for a further two years and the Africa Cup of Nations initially planned for 2023 will be used to judge his time as coach and also possibly hand him an extension or not.
However following the postponement of the tournament to 2024, the NFF are now exploring means to extend his deal to cover the period of the Africa Cup of Nations and talks will be held in that regards after the international round of games in September.
We exclusively gathered that the proposal will be same terms as he is earning at the moment as only the length of the contract will be tempered with. The coach has had a bright start to his reign as coach in the two competitive games he has handled the team so far.
It started with a 2-1 win over Sierra Leone in Abuja before a thumping 10-0 win over Sao Tome and Principe in Morocco four days after. They will take on Guinea Bissau in back to back AFCON 2023 qualifiers game in September.
