The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has confirmed the appointment of the former coach of Mali Eric Chelle as the new coach of the senior national team of Nigeria.
Nigeria have been without a substantive coach since the short term of Finidi George, which lasted just a month with interim coach Austine Eguavoen guiding them successfully through the qualifiers for the AFCON.
Eguavoen will now return to his role as the technical director of the football house with Chelle taking his spot as the coach of the team for the world cup qualifiers, which resumes in March.
Per what we exclusively gathered, the new coach will sign a short term contract to cover the games of the world cup qualifiers which will round up in October next year.
A decision to extend the deal of the coach to cover the AFCON which will be played in December of the same year will be based on qualification for the world cup, where the Super Eagles are currently 5th in their 6 team group.
They are four points behind the leaders Rwanda, their next opponent when the qualifiers resumes in March. They will also host Zimbabwe in the same month as they go in search of their first win in the series.
Mohammed Mowiz Suleiman
