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61-year-old Swede Janne Andersson is still keen on becoming the head coach of the Nigerian senior national team despite failing to reach an agreement with the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) a month ago, OwnGoalNigeria.com reports.
The NFF offered Andersson the position but he was undecided on when to resume his new role and wanted the NFF to excuse him from the recently concluded AFCON 2025 qualifying games as he will only be available from the end of this month due to his contract with a media company.
It was verbally agreed between all parties involved that he would assign his assistants to take charge of both games, but he came up with another twist by requesting that the date of their resumption be changed to November.
The NFF rejected his request, so German coach Bruno Labbadia was appointed as coach. However, the 58-year-old backed out after a failure in negotiations over the payment of his taxes. NFF technical director Austine Eguavoen was quickly appointed as coach.
Eguavoen led the team to a 3-0 win over Benin Republic and a 0-0 draw against Rwanda, effectively ending his two-match tenure as coach, opening the door for the appointment of a substantial coach.
We can exclusively report that Andersson is still in the picture as everything has been agreed with him, with only his resumption date missing from the deal, meaning talks can resume if the NFF deems it suitable as the coach has maintained his interest in the job.
