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– Le Guen has reportedly rejected the offer to coach the Super Eagles

– It was said that conditions for the job is yet to be agreed upon

– Nigeria is now at danger of qualifying for the 2018 FIFA World Cup

Reports reaching NAIJ.com Sports have it that the newly appointed Super Eagles coach Paul Le Guen has rejected the offer by the NFF.


The technical and development committee of the NFF had on Monday, July 18, named Le Guen as the new Super Eagles head coach.

However, top French journalist Herve Penot revealed this on his verified Twitter handle @hpenot_lequipe in French that the tactician will not go to Nigeria since his conditions were not met by the NFF.



“Paul le Guen will not go to Nigeria. Conditions not met to be coach . Nothing to do with the selection,” the Tweet reads.

Recall that former coach of the Super Eagles Sunday Oliseh resigned his position citing a breach of contract by Nigeria’s football body.

The former captain announced his resignation, citing unpaid salaries, lack of cooperation, among other factors, as responsible for his action.

During his time, the late Coach Stephen Keshi also blasted the NFF president Amaju Pinnick and his Board tagging them as liars and claimed they owe him and his coaching staff two months salaries and various match bonuses.

After Oliseh’s departure, Salisu Yusuf was drafted to temporarily manage the team where he led the team to win two friendly games in May against Mali and Luxembourg.


After so much application for the top job, the technical and development committee of the NFF on Monday, July 19, named Frenchman Paul Le Guen as the new gaffer from a three-man-shortlist which include Belgian tactician Tom Saintfiet and Nigeria’s Salisu Yusuf.

Nigerian journalist Colin Udoh also reacted to the development saying the Frenchman may not have been comfortable with the clauses in the contract.

“Apparently, Paul Le Guen is unhappy about certain clauses in the proposed contract sent to him. Both parties still talking,” he Tweeted.

With the new development, Nigeria’s chances in qualifying for the 2018 Fifa World Cup in Russia may be at danger.

Ostensibly to kickstart his perceived presidential ambition, former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has visited the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) , Chief John Odigie-Oyegun at the party’s secretariat in Abuja, yesterday.

Atiku, who has not visited the APC secretariat since the last National Executive Council (NEC) meeting in April this year with President Muhammadu Buhari also in attendance, came with the full complement of his media team however, he did not speak to journalists who were waiting to interview him.

Atiku, who entered the national secretariat of APC at 12:50 unannounced, came in the company of the Adamawa State governor, Muhammad Bindow Jibrila, even as they walked straight to the national chairman’s office.

Chief Oyegun and his visitors met behind closed doors for about 20 minutes before they allowed other national officers into the meeting.

When newsmen sought to know reasons for the sudden visit, it was gathered that Atiku actually came to familiarise himself with the party leaders ahead of the party’s presidential primary in 2019.

It may be recalled that the APC chieftain had been under severe attacks by some APC leaders and the presidency since he called for the restructuring of Nigeria, adding that the present administration has refused to learn from the past governments.