By Obaloluwa Joshua, LAGOS
President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Shehu Gusau has revealed that the football house will decide the fate of Jose Peseiro and Randy Waldrum before their respective teams next assignments.
Super Eagles head coach, Peseiro and his Super Falcons counterpart, Waldrum contracts with the NFF has expired.
The duo have however expressed their willingness to remain on their respective jobs.
The Super Eagles will take on Sao Tome and Principe in a 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier next month.
The Super Falcons next engagement is against Ethiopia in October.
Gusau stated that the technical committee of the NFF will decide the fate of the two coaches next month.
“Nigerians should not lose sleep ahead of the Super Eagles match against Sao Tome next month as well as the Super Falcons Olympic Games qualifiers as the Federation is doing everything humanly possible to resolve the contract issues of Jose Peseiro and Randy Waldrum,” Gusau stated while addressing Nigeria’s House Committee on Sports on Tuesday. READ ALSO:
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“I have directed the Technical Committee of the NFF to do a thorough job and come up with recommendations that Nigerians would be happy about. We are on top of the situation as regards the Super Eagles coach. Nigerians will know our position before the match against Sao Tome and that would be based on the recommendation of the Technical Committee. We will come up with a decision that Nigerians will be happy about.
“On the Super Falcons, the focus now shifts to the Olympic qualifiers. We will follow due diligence and due process after the experts in the Technical Committee would have done their job.”
