Revealed: NFF draws up three-man shortlist as top candidates to be new Super Eagles coach

The Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) has drawn up a list of three foreign coaches who are likely to get the nod to replace Finidi George as head coach of the Nigeria senior team. OwnGoalNigeria.com can exclusively reveal.

Finidi was relieved of his job as head coach of the Nigerian national team after the team’s poor performance in the 2026 world cup qualifiers, where they drew 1-1 against South Africa before losing 1-2 to Benin Republic. and fell to 5th in his group. Four points behind leader Rwanda.

We can exclusively reveal that the NFF has drawn up a shortlist of three candidates for the position led by current Cameroon senior national team coach Marc Brys. The coach is open to leaving the team due to his bad relationship with the president of the Football Federation, Samuel Eto’o.

Former Cameroon coach Antonio Conceição is also in the shortlist of three and is considered by many to be the favourite, due to his track record on the continent while in charge of Cameroon two years ago.

The last on the list is Didier Six, who previously coached the Guinean senior team until 2021. Six, a former French international, has already coached the senior national teams of Togo and Mauritius, respectively.

All three will be selected and interviewed for the role when Nigeria’s salah break ends.

Mohammed Mowiz Suleiman