The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) is set to name Frenchman Paul Le Guen as the Head Coach of the country’s senior national football team, the Super Eagles. Feelers from the NFF secretary indicated that he might be named today.
However, a statement from the NFF yesterday said the Technical and Development Committee of the Nigeria Football Federation will meet in Abuja today to interview three persons shortlisted for the Super Eagles’ Head Coach position and thereafter forward the name of the successful candidate to the NFF Board.
According to the statement, Chairman of the NFF Technical and Development Committee, Barrister Chris Green, told thenff.com yesterday that: “We have concluded arrangements for the interview process to take place at the NFF secretariat on Monday and thereafter, we will forward the name of the successful candidate to the NFF Board, which will deliberate on it and thereafter make their decision public.”
Green made it clear the committee will only settle for the candidate they see as most qualified and capable of qualifying the Super Eagles for the 2018 FIFA World Cup finals in Russia. He named the candidates as Nigerian Salisu Yusuf (54), Belgian Tom Saintfiet (43) and Frenchman Paul Le Guen (52) are the candidates in the running.
Le Guen, 52, played for Brest, Nantes and Paris Saint Germain and won 17 caps for France, before coaching Rennes, Lyon, PSG (in France) and Glasgow Rangers (in Scotland). He qualified the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon for the 2010 FIFA World Cup finals and also coached Oman.
