Nigeria organizes popular vote to decide the future of the national team coach – 06/26/2023 – Sport
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The president of the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF), Ibrahim Gusau, announced that fans will decide in a popular vote the future of the coach of the national team, the Portuguese José Peseiro.
“We plan to get Nigerians to vote to hear their point of view,” Gusau said.
With a contract until June 30, Peseiro managed to qualify Nigeria for this year’s African Cup of Nations, despite having lost five games since taking over the team.
“We tried with foreign coaches and others from here. Maybe we haven’t found the right person yet, so the public will decide whether Peseiro should continue or leave”, added the manager.
Voting must be done by telephone and generate income, at a time of severe economic crisis in the NFF.
Peseiro, whose salary is US$ 70,000 (R$ 334,000 at current prices) per month, has been suffering from delays in his payments.
Many Nigerian fans feel that the coach relies too heavily on forwards Victor Osimhen and Samuel Chukwueze.
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