In an interview with FIFA.com, the German admitted that the Nigeria group is tough, but optimistic the Super Eagles will eventually make the cut for the mundial.
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Balogun told the News Agency of Nigeria in Ibadan on Tuesday that both Cote d’Ivoire and Tunisia are formidable teams and the matches would be tough.
Five other players have been put on standby.
Osimhen, 21, has established himself as one of the finest attacking players in Ligue 1 and was having an outstanding season with Lille before the coronavirus crisis brought French football to a halt, racking up 13 goals and four assists across the campaign.
The meeting, according to Super Eagles’ Media Officer, Toyin Ibitoye, was convened to plot strategies ahead of the AFCON 2021 and 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.
The former Tottenham and Portsmouth manager was rumoured to have been the lined up by Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Sport to replace Gernot Rohr as the Super Eagles coach.
Pinnick on Wednesday made the revelation via his Twitter handle: @PinnickAmaju
It has been three years since the former Tottenham boss was last in the dugout after leaving Birmingham in 2017.
This was contained in a communique made available on Monday following the football body’s meeting held via video conferencing on May 14, 2020
Gernot Rohr has explained that the current global economic meltdown forced him accept pay cut in his new contract as the Super Eagles coach.
Wahidi Akanni, a former Chairman of the Lagos State Football Association, on Monday in Lagos said the Nigeria Football Federation has been unfair to Gernot Rohr, the Super Eagles’ Head Coach.
The President of the NFF, Amaju Pinnick, disclosed this in on Arise TV programme in Lagos on Monday.
Victory in both games will virtually guarantee Nigeria a spot at the 33rd Africa Cup of Nations scheduled for Cameroon early next year, ahead of their away clash to Benin Republic in Porto Novo in June and home tie against Lesotho early September.
Bosso made the assertion against the backdrop of raging criticism trailing the Nigeria Football Federation’s recent appointment of Yobo as replacement for Imama Amapakabo, an assistant coach of the Super Eagles
Former Super Eagles’ captain and coach, Daniel Amokachi, has been appointed as the head of the Technical Department of the Nigeria Football Federation, according to Owngoalnigeria.com reports.
The Media Officer of the Super Eagles, Toyin Ibitoye, on Wednesday raised football fans’ hopes on the possibility of Eberechi Eze of Queens Park Rangers FC of England to play for Nigeria.
In an article entitled: “2019: How Atiku will lose – and other matters,” published this time last year, I made six predictions: 1) Atiku will lose 2) despite Access Bank having Diamond Bank for supper, there won’t be a rat race for size among banks and liquidity will get tighter 3)
The President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Amaju Pinnick, has revealed that embattled Super Eagles gaffer, Genort Rohr, would pen a new deal this month.
Speaking in Abuja on Wednesday, NFF’s Technical Director, Bitrus Bewarang, said Rohr’s new-found love for disclosing information beyond technical matters to the media is highly unprofessional and against the spirit and letter of his contractual relationship with the football-ruling body.
The Franco-German coach, who made this claim in chat with insideworldfootball on Tuesday, said he had hired Jean-Jacques Bertrand, who served as the lawyer of Manchester United legend, Eric Cantona, to negotiate with the NFF on his behalf to get the arrears paid.