NFF denies appointing Le Guen as Super Eagles’ Technical Adviser


The executive Committee of Nigeria football Federation (NFF) on Tuesday clarified the situation in relation to the advice of its Technical and development Committee that Frenchman Paul Le Guen be named the new Technical Adviser of the super Eagles.

It mentioned all sub-committees within the Federation can handiest make ideas to the Board.
Chairman of the NFF Media and Publicity Committee, Hon. Suleiman Yahaya-Kwande, brushed aside reviews in regional and global media of the Frenchman’s rejection of the role as with ease preposterous.

He informed Youths Digest that: “the clicking declaration used to be clear, to the result that all appointments made on the Technical and development Committee assembly had been mere suggestions, which had to be deliberated upon and agreed to by way of the Board. No sub –committee in the NFF, besides the judicial our bodies, takes selections. They just make strategies.
“in actual fact, the Technical and progress Committee perused the profiles of the entire coaches who submitted functions and in finding Mr. Paul Le Guen compatible for the put up. But throughout ultimate negoatiations, he objected to being given a goal and likewise did not wish to are living in Nigeria, which was a sore factor with the Board.”

Yahaya-Kwande added: “The job of Head train of Nigeria is an extraordinarily huge one and there's no way anybody will get this sort of job without being surpassed a target. There may be without doubt no issue with Le Guen saying he isn't coming; a number of highly –certified individuals would be blissful to be named supervisor of the Senior country wide staff of Nigeria.”