By Obaloluwa Joshua, LAGOS
Super Eagles head coach, Jose Peseiro has expressed his desire to manage Portuguese side, Benfica in future.
Peseiro is a popular figure in Portugal having coached the likes of FC Porto, Sporting Lisbon, Braga and Vitoria Guimaraes in the past.
The 63-year-old however admitted that getting the Benfica job will not be an easy task.
“Coach Benfica? There is ambition, but I don’t see it as an easy thing to achieve at the moment,” Peseiro said to the podcast Ontem já era tarde.
“I wouldn’t feel right saying something like that… I’ve already coached four of the five best Portuguese clubs, Benfica is missing. But I don’t see it as very clear, but anything can happen in football. READ ALSO:
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“It’s an ambition, a dream that I have, but I don’t position myself for it. There are people who take a stand and this doesn’t look good when there is a coach at Benfica and at a time of upheaval – thankfully the president of Benfica came to clarify this very well, I congratulate Rui Costa. That’s what you expect from a president of a big club”.
Peseiro will lead the Super Eagles to the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations in Cote d’Ivoire next year.
