As the search to install a new coach as replacement for Sunday Oliseh who resigned his position as the Super Eagles coach, Serbian born Sredojevic Milutin alias ‘Micho’ is poised to becoming the new permanent technical adviser.
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There are reports that the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) officials are already in talks with the 46-year-old who is currently Uganda’s national team coach since the African Nations Championship in January.
According to MTN Football, the NFF technical committee chairman, Chris Green was in talks with Micho in Rwanda, and the gaffer is expected in Nigeria shortly after the double-header against Egypt.
“Green met with Micho at CHAN and it is like it is already a done deal. The plan was to appoint Shuaibu Amodu for the Egypt matches and after those games, a substantive foreign coach will be named with Micho in pole position,” a top official disclosed to MTNFootball.
“But Amodu declined the post because he is hypertensive and so the temporary arrangement of Siasia and co., who have been told they will revert to their previous posts after the matches against Egypt.”
Another source added: “Micho’s representatives have told me they have established a link with the NFF for quite some time now.”
In a related development, the NFF president Amaju Pinnick earlier hinted with the exit of Sunday Oliseh as the Super Eagles coach, Nigeria would now resort to getting a top-notch foreign coach.
Obviously worried about the shocking infamous resignation of the former coach, Pinnick rejected moves to employ indigenous coaches for the senior national team.
He said: “After this Sunday Oliseh debacle, we have definitely turned the corner. We are now going to start shopping for a well-grounded and qualified foreign coach to tinker the team.”
Source: Naij.com
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