Following the unsuccessful negotiations with Le Guen, the executive committee of the Nigeria Football Federation, on Wednesday, asked the Technical and Development Sub-Committee to recommend another Super Eagles coach within seven days.

The NFF officials also said they have rejected Le Guen’s bid to negotiate again.

Reports on Wednesday suggested that the Frenchman was having a rethink of his earlier decision not to accept the offer to manage the Eagles.

According to The Punch, a communiqué issued said, “The Executive Committee instructed the Technical and Development Sub-Committee to, within the next seven (7) days, recommend a candidate for the post of Technical Adviser of the Super Eagles. It noted that the refusal of Mr. Paul Le Guen, earlier recommended by the Sub-Committee, to accept to be given targets as well as unwillingness to live in Nigeria, made his candidature unacceptable to the board.

“The Committee also disapproved of Mr. Le Guen’s desire to come to the job with two assistants, which would make Nigerian coaches redundant. The committee noted that it was the desire to show transparency that made the Technical and Development Sub-Committee to make public its recommendation in the first place.”

The statement from the NFF officials also noted, “The committee further resolved that any candidate that would be so recommended by the Technical and Development Sub-Committee must have accepted to be handed targets and must also be willing to live in Nigeria. In addition, such a candidate must agree to undergo other internal evaluation.”

NFF President Amaju Pinnick had said the unwillingness of Le Guen to accept targets and also reside in Nigeria caused the final negotiation to hit a deadlock.

The executive committee then approved the appointment of Salisu Yusuf as Eagles chief coach, Bitrus Bewarang as technical director and Nduka Ugbade as the U17 Golden Eaglets assistant coach.

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