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NFF President speaks on Jose Peseiro`s expiring contract

-Denies reports of a search for new coach

Caretaker May 19, 2023

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L-R: Head Coach @JosePeseiro with the crew. Finidi George(1st Asst. Coach),Usman Abdallah(3rd Asst. Coach),Ike Shorunmu(Goalkeepers Trainer),Salisu Yusuf(2nd Asst. Coach), Maykel Moreira(Fitness Coach),Acacio Santos(Asst. Coach),Vitor Hugo(Analyst),Eboboritse Uwejamomere(Analyst)

President of the Nigeria Football Federation Alhaji Ibrahim Gusau has spoken up on the trending issues around Jose Peseiro`s expiring contract.

There have been reports linking the Nigeria with search for a new coach ahead of the Portuguese managers contract expiration in June but the NFF President has denied knowledge of such activity.

Alhaji Gusau however admitted Peseiro`s contract could be terminated but no decision has been reached by the Football Federation Board.

“I don’t know where they got these reports from because I have not mandated any body to search for a new coach neither has NFF opened discussions with anyone to replace our current coach, ” Gusau told Completesport.

To be candid we have not even at board level taken a decision on Peseiro’s contract not to talk of engaging a new coach,”

“All I can tell you is that the NFF will decide whether to extend Paseiro’s contract or terminate it soon when we meet.

Honestly, I don’t know where they got those stories from. Whatever decision we reach shall be made public” the NFF president stated.

Nigeria will face Sierra Leone in a 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier days in June before Jose Peseiro`s one-year contract expires.