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AFCON 2021: Eguavoen can keep Super Eagles job if he wants – NFF
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has said Augustine Eguavoen can keep the national team job on a permanent basis if he wants.
The 56-year-old stepped in on an interim basis after Gernot Rohr was sacked in December.
Eguavoen has so far impressed at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations, with the Super Eagles winning all their Group D fixtures.
However, he was supposed to hand over to Jose Peseiro after the tournament.
But ESPN reports that the NFF is having second thoughts about that.
“We will have to leave him there, unless he doesn’t want the job,” an NFF source said.
Eguavoen is currently the NFF Technical Director, but the football house would allow him handle both roles.
“What we are even thinking of right now is to give Eguavoen the two jobs. The national team plays about 10 matches a year, so during those times when they are not playing, he can carry on with his other responsibilities.
“Coaching is very touch and go. Right now, he has a stable job being Technical Director where he gets paid by FIFA. To leave that for being a coach where things can change any moment and he can get fired would be very risky.
“That is why we want him to keep the two positions. So, whatever happens, he has shown that he can excel in both and if anything happens with the coaching, he can go back to just being technical director,” the official added.
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