The interim coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Austine Eguavoen has listed conditions that will make him consider taking the job on a permanent basis, OwnGoalNigeria.com reports.
Eguavoen’s tenure as interim coach of the team was extended to cover the October double header games against Libya in the AFCON 2025 qualifiers, after leading them to a 3-0 win over Benin Republic and a 0-0 draw against Rwanda respectively in their first two games of the series.
They will continue the hunt for a ticket later this month with back to back games against Libya on the 11th and 15th of October respectively, the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) in an announcement confirmed Eguavoen as the coach for both games.
Asked what it will take for him to consider quitting his role as technical director of the NFF in favor of taking the job as coach on a permanent deal, the former Nigeria international listed the conditions the NFF must meet.
“The Super Eagles job I’m doing right now, if I were to switch permanently, it’s something I’d need to sit down, reflect, and think deeply about because it’s not a small job”, he told former Super Eagles defender Ifeanyi Udeze in an interview on Brila FM.
”It will be a tough one. You have to give me long term contract with patience and clauses in that contract because winning is not guaranteed every week or day.
“You will give me time to tweak the team till I find what I want. If they’re going to give me a long-term contract with guaranteed patience, why not? Otherwise, I don’t know.”
