French Coach Confirmed for Super Eagles Job as Yusuf Loses Assistant Position

Paul Le Guen

 

Former PSG player and French football manager who previously managed the Oman national football team, have been given the green light to be the new coach of the Super Eagles of Nigeria.

According to an authoritative report by Punch Newspaper, the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) officials have settled for Frenchman, Paul Le Guen as the next Super Eagles coach. 

 

While the Super Eagles manager is being confirmed according to expectations, the position of assistant coach has taken a new turn as the NFF could seek an alternative person to work in place of Yusuf who had worked as one of the assistants to Sunday Oliseh.

 

It was learnt on Monday that the NFF members were already in search of a coach to work as the Nigerian assistant to Le Guen.

 

An NFF official said; "As it is now, the position of the deputy has been thrown open because Yusuf is still insisting that he would not work as an assistant to Le Guen. Those who worked on their entries picked the Frenchman and with the hope that Yusuf could learn a lot from him for the immediate future but he (Yusuf) appears to have some other ideas so the federation will now have to consider a new person altogether to replace Yusuf."

 

However, the former Kano Pillars coach, Yusuf, believes he now has enough managerial wisdom to lead the Super Eagles.