Herve Renard has revealed he was approached by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to take over the position of Super Eagles coach.
Renard confirmed he was enticed by the offer dangled before him by the NFF.
The 58-year-old however said he would have accepted the offer but for some little details which didn’t suit him.
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“I almost went to Nigeria. I thought about it for a few days, even weeks, before deciding to say no,”Renard said in an interview with L’Equipe.
“It was the best offer I’ve had so far, but the other details didn’t suit me.”
The Frenchman is a popular figure in Africa having won the Africa Cup of Nations titles with Zambia and Cote d’Ivoire in the past.
He has also managed the Angolan and Moroccan national teams.
By Adeboye Amosu
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NFF should return this offer to Renard Nigeria should think Long term and move away from this Eguavoen NFF propaganda.
“….It was the best offer I’ve had so far, but the other details didn’t suit me….”
Don’t talk too much Mr Renhard…..we get you already.
“The other details”.
My head is thinking “the other details” is just one: salary sharing. Lol.
NFF must solve these little details , I think these details are contract value , NFF have stipulated to Renard to reduce his contract value from $ 180000 to $ 100000, NFF also have stipulated on him to live in Nigeria then to develop local league also he should choose players from NPFL , so NFF must put mediocre solution between them and Renard , this soultion to increase Renard value to $150000 annually , NFF can cotract with special big company to pay for Renard, NFF must leave Renard with free hand to choose his contract’s conditions…
It is payback time for the humiliation we gave the man after he won Nations cup in Zambia and was touted to be on his way to coach the super eagles. lesson to be learnt here: let the NFF technical committee have a sound and concise plan on the coach you want not this nonsense approach of asking for applications from coaches from all over the place. It is an insult to those not given the job