English
football manager, Harry Redknapp, 77, has been linked as the next coach of the
Super Eagles of Nigeria.
A source from
the Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports told the UK Star : “The feeling is
Harry Redknapp will be coming to manage Nigeria soon.’’
Redknapp, who
previously managed AFC Bournemouth, West Ham United, Portsmouth, Southampton,
Tottenham Hotspur, Queens Park Rangers and Birmingham City could replace Gernot
Rohr, who has been in charge of Nigeria since 2016.
This comes
days after Rohr confirmed that he had been offered a new contract to remain the
head coach of the Super Eagles for the next two years and a half. Although the
NFF haven’t confirmed or deny the new deal.
In a
statement to The Cable, the German football manager, 66, said: “Yes, I can
confirm that we found an agreement with NFF to continue our collaboration for
two and half years.”
“I want to
say thank you to the Nigeria Football Federation, led by President Amaju
Pinnick, the board and of course the General Secretary for their confidence in
me to continue in this job.
“It is not
common to have a country with the same national coach for what will be six
years and this will be made possible because of the support of the federation,
the government of Nigeria and our team.
“We have a
big project in front of us. We have the quality and with the continued
cooperation of everyone concerned, including the fans and good people of
Nigeria, I believe we will have a good result that will spell great development
for football in Nigeria in the future.”
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