The chances of Nigeria getting two times AFCON winning coach Herve Renard to take over as the coach of the senior national team of Nigeria has taken a huge hit with the United States of America interested in the French coach, OwnGoalNigeria.com reports.
USA are on the lookout for a new coach after dismissing Gregg Berhalter following a disastrous campaign at the Copa America where they crashed out of the group stages.
Renard who will leave his job as the coach of the women’s team of France after the Olympics is high on their list of options to replace Berhalter, the coach who won the AFCON with Zambia and Cote d’Ivoire respectively is a target for the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) as replacement for Finidi George.
Report from France has it that he has received a €2m a year contract proposal from the NFF and also from the football federation of Egypt, but it appears that of the USA sits atop both proposals from the African countries.
He is expected to make public his next destination after studying the project of each nations, but reports also has it that he is keen on working in Africa again and money won’t be much of a factor when he makes his decision.
Mohammed Mowiz Suleiman
