In an effort to replace current Super Eagles manager Jose Peseiro, the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) reportedly met with representatives of former Romanian football star Adrian Mutu, thesportsbay.com reports.
The Romanian has had positions as an assistant coach, club general manager, sporting director, and head coach since ending a professional playing career that saw him play for teams like Chelsea, Inter Milan, Juventus, Fiorentina, Parma, and Ajaccio.
As Jose Peseiro’s contract with the Super Eagles expires in June 2023, it’s possible that he will resign from his role as head coach after it was reported that the NFF will not extend his deal.
As Jose Peseiro’s contract with the Super Eagles expires in June 2023, it’s possible that he will resign from his role as head coach after it was reported that the NFF will not extend his deal.
However, Peseiro is anticipated to continue leading Nigeria’s senior men’s national team for the final two AFCON qualifying matches against Sao Tome & Principe in September and Sierra Leone in June.
Since the Portuguese took over as the Super Eagles’ head coach in May 2022, Nigeria has struggled to make progress, with the squad winning just three of their nine matches while losing six of them.
.The Super Eagles’ 10-0 demolition of Sao Tome and Principe in an AFCON qualifier in June 2022 was Peseiro’s most noteworthy accomplishment with the team.
Pitso Mosimane, the former head coach of Mamelodi Sundowns, or Mutu, who has been in charge of six-time Romanian champions Rapid Bucuresti since March 2022, are the candidates the NFF is trying to hire, as first reported by OGN.
More information suggests that Mutu’s representatives are already in Nigeria and actively negotiating a verbal deal with the NFF, according to Wale Ajayi of NSM media.
In the Romanian Superliga’s 2021/22 season, Mutu guided Rapid to a 9th-place finish, winning seven of the 10 games he supervised.
