The head coach of the senior national team of Cameroon Marc Brys is interested in taking over as the new coach of the senior national team of Nigeria, OwnGoalNigeria.com reports.
Nigeria are looking for a coach for the senior national team of Nigeria following the resignation of Finidi George as coach. Finidi left his role after the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) confirmed in a communique that they will be appointing an expatriate coach following their unimpressive performance in the recently concluded world cup qualifiers.
Super Eagles forced South Africa to a 1-1 draw before losing 1-2 to Benin Republic. A result that see them drop to 5th in their group, four points behind leaders Rwanda. In a reaction the NFF announced that they will hire a coach as part of the rejigging of the technical crew.
From all indication, the chosen one is the present head coach of Cameroon Brys who has endured a tumultuous relationship with president of the Cameroonian FA Samuel Eto’o since his appointment.
Despite that he led the team to a 4-1 win over Central Africa Republic and they closed the qualifiers with a 1-1 draw against Angola to go top of their group with 8 points.
A source at the NFF confirmed talks are on with the coach as reported by Belgian newspaper Het Nieuwsblad. ” Yes he is among the candidates for the job but I won’t say he is the favourite. In the coming days a proper direction will be known”, he said.
Mohammed Mowiz Suleiman
