Former Super Eagles head coach, Jose Peseiro has once again reiterated that his work with team his done, reports Completesports.com.
Peseiro left the post at the end of February following the expiration of his contract.
The Portuguese has now moved to clear rumours that he could make an instant return to manage the three-time African champions.
“As I said, my work with the Super Eagles is over. It was gratifying to coach players of such quality, with my staff we managed to do well in this sense, but the time has come to move on to another project,” Peseiro said in an interview with Sports Italia.
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The 63-year-old was in charge of the Super Eagles for 22 months.
The former Saudi Arabia and Venezuela coach guided the team to second position at the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has already declared the position of Super Eagles head coach vacant.
A number of top coaches including; Emmanuel Amuneke, Sunday Oliseh, Finidi George, Daniel Amokachi and Antonio Conceicao among others have applied for the job
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We are not interested in you too sir. Thanks
Publicity Stunt!!!
Two things here…..Firstly, he is running from what will be the aftermath of Nigeria not qualifying for the World-cup… He already damaged the brand and its chances of qualifying. Imagine, two points out of six from games he should have easily won….Secondly, the corruption behind his appointment will hunt him and his co-travelers as long as he stays at the helm of the technical crew and that’s why EFCC must make it a point of duty to look at the activities of the past NFF and what went down regarding management and mismanagement of government and Fifa money that came to the federation during that period……..
@Olu you are spot on. He is also Running from Hugo Broos believe that SA match showed him and us flames I swear down, If that game was to be decided by golden goal and not Penalties we would have lost that match and deep down he knows that. He clearly Knows he is no match for Hugo Broos tactics and with the Belgian already figuring him out he knows come june he would have failed so he left while the ovation is high a character Trait a certain Captain and Certain Ethnic group should Learn from. Thank you
He was a mediocre coach!
Good riddance!
The guy came in and does his job, only few years and and the team is back on the Africa Football Podium, last I remember, just 2 matches to the WC your own highly respected football legend couldn’t take you to the 2022 WC, Y`all are perfect in condemning coaches, but you wouldn’t make any effort to look deep into what your problems really are.
Ore mi…if you can’t stand the heat, then stay away from the kitchen….Peseiro is a coach and he must be judge by his performance. He’s done his best but leaving us to sulk on losing four points out of possible six points and that’s huge and significant….and you are here telling us we are perfect in condemning coaches. Tell me who will not condemn such a performance card. Abeg go siddon….
@ Ralph…by your statement ”2 matches to the WC your own highly respected football legend couldn’t take you to the 2022 WC”…. If it is okay by you to miss 2 consecutive World Cup Championships, it is not okay for me and some other fans whose passion is their darling Super Eagles….
In the past 10 years we have had 4 indigenous coaches( keshi, siasia, oliseh and Eguavoan) and 2 foreign coaches(rohr and Pessero). Twice that ended up on the podium in the NC, was with foreign coaches. With the local we couldn’t even qualify for NC.
Learn your football before coming to here
Did any of them do better than local coach coach LT Stephen Keshi since you people don’t want to have sense. Foreign coaches have done well but Rohr or Peseiro is not what Nigeria needs to forge ahead in the world of football. Let us keep searching until we find the right one. It may take a while but let us keep searching and give chance to any skin colour that deserves the slot.
Foolish Nff, a serious organisation will appoint amuneke or finidi now for base on continuity system, but they want a totally different manager to learn the ropes with our world Cup qualification matches. By the time he understands the properly and even finished knowing the names of players Nigeria will be out of qualification. Then these Foolish Nff will start exploration explainable system for failure. Foolish Nff cost Nigeria the last world Cup non participation and they have always cost Nigerians… Foolish sports administrators who know nothing about football running Nigeria football
Amuneke kini? Aren’t you aware of nff, AKA ‘ONIGBESE’ requirements for Super Eagles top job? Amuneke has no good performance rating to fit in.
Before his Afcon achievement, Peseiro was willing to share his salary with NFF ONIGBESE.
The reason? AT ALL AT ALL NA WINCH MARKET. Better to have a little income than nothing.
But with his performance at the Afcon, he is now in demand. He does not need NFF ONIGBESE any more.
The real reason he had to leave is his refusal to share his salary with anyone anymore. They pressured him. He refused. O yari kanle.
That is why he is leaving. Any othe reason NFF provides is tales by moonlight.
The best case scenario for NFF ONIGBESE is:
1) Hire a coach who is willing to share his salary.
2) Get players who will not fight for their right to collect their match bonuses. That is the real reason why they keep talking about inviting home based players. Home based player will happily leave the bonus for them to share among themselves.
If things were done right, Peseiro would likely not have been hired in the first place. We would have hired one of the many elite coaches available in world football. Or even if we somehow settled on Peseiro, with his Afcon achievement, he should be getting a significant pay raise and a new contract.
But alas, NFF ONIGBESE have prioritized their stomachs above everything.
Until we get it right in the administrative department, we will continue to spin around like a dog chasing its own tail.
The new chapter in NFF ONIGBESE’s book of confusion has begun.
It is up to our players to fight on the pitch to make Nigerians happy. They will not receive the help they need from NFF.
Recall how NFF became the biggest opponent our Super Falcons needed to conquer at the last womens’ world cup? Instead of helping our ladies, NFF was shamelessly squabbling with them over match bonuses! Quarreling with the coach and the players for demanding their entitlements, until FIFA had to do the unthinkable. FIFA had to step in and DIRECTLY pay the players. This is the first time FIFA has had to make an intervention like this in the history of football.
NFF ONIGBESE have not changed.
For us to move forward, they must change, or be changed.
Where do you guys get all these your pieces of information of money being shared, etc. Please come up with facts instead of insinuating. Naija, abeg make we change nah
Good morning.
I have to greet you good morning, because based on your comment, you’ve been fast asleep for a while.
Or perhaps you live under a rock?
There is yet another possibility. Perhaps you’re an NFF ONIGBESE member, or somehow affiliated with them. So my post stings whatever is left of your conscience.
You asked for facts. Is the bonus debacle drama between NFF ONIGBESE and the Super Falcons I referenced in my post not fact enough for you? Or you also slept throughout the world cup?
Kindly explain why NFF did not want to pay the players? Get creative, come up with any story or excuse you wish.
Peseiro did well. Let’s wait for the next coach to come, that one can be better.
Use and dump. Wise, man. Thanks for teaching NFF AJĘWOMASAN the debtor a leason.
A half-baked foreign coach is using Nigeria Football Federation to cash Cruz, lol.
Because of the NFF incompetency and corruption, they hire two average coaches in a row isn’t that shameful?
Instead of NFF to invest and build a good environment for our ex and professional coaches of our both home and abroad, but they, NFF, believe they won’t gain anything if they hire a Nigerian coach.
I won’t blame Oga Paseiro at all. He has used our national to improve his resume, and now he has achieved his plan A with NFF. NFF should have a rethink. Ire o. God bless Nigeria!!!
This is a sad narrative for the NFF and Nigeria. Something is seriously wrong with our football administration.