The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has announced the reshufflement of the technical crew of the Super Eagles, with Augustine Eguavoen staying as Interim Technical Adviser while former Super Eagles player, Emmanuel Amuneke drafted in as immediate assistant to Eguavoen.
It should be recalled that Eguavoen led the Eagles to the recently concluded Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Cameroon, where the team was eliminated in the round of 16.
Eguavoen took over the team after Gernot Rohr was sacked and there had been calls for him to carry on the position. That made the NFF drop the contract talks with Jose Peseiro, who had been contacted to manage the Eagles after AFCON.
While making the announcement, the NFF General Secretary, Dr Mohammed Sanusi said: “The NFF Board has approved a recommendation of the Technical and Development Committee retaining Augustine Eguavoen as Technical Director/Technical Adviser (interim) while Emmanuel Amuneke becomes the Chief Coach of the Super Eagles. Salisu Yusuf will be the 2nd Assistant Coach/Chief Coach of the CHAN team and Joseph Yobo will be 3rd Assistant while Aloysius Agu remains the Goalkeepers’ Trainer.”
“We acknowledge and appreciate the interest that Mr Jose Peseiro has shown in Nigeria Football during our very cordial discussions and have absolutely no doubt about his capacity. We believe that perhaps in the future, there could be an opportunity to work with him.
“However, in view of the positive performance of the Super Eagles at the just-concluded AFCON which has given hope to Nigerians and boosted our confidence in the present coaching crew to qualify us for the World Cup in Qatar, we have decided to accept the recommendation of the Technical and Development Committee to retain the Eguavoen-led coaching crew and strengthen it with the addition of Emmanuel Amuneke.”
