The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) will rely on the coach of the senior national team to set up a friendly game with Portugal after holding preliminary talks with the Portuguese FA.
Portugal have Nigeria on the list of potential teams they will play as part of their warm up game for the World Cup in Qatar. The aim is to prepare them for their game against Ghana who are in their group.
A top brass of the NFF revealed that talks have been held and it was mentioned to Peseiro upon his appointment and he is well in tuned with the idea. It’s now left for both parties to accelerate talks and set up possible meetings .
The Portuguese coach will be relied upon to use his connections to speed up talks especially with the postponement of the senior national team of Nigeria competitive games earlier fixed for September.
Peseiro also need the game as the next competitive fixture of the team will be next year and games like the proposed friendly against Portugal will help him to get to know the team better.
