Contract talks with Peseiro ongoing – NFF

• Peseiro’s contract with the NFF ended at the end of June
• NFF says Peseiro still in charge
  

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Technical director of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Augustine Eguavoen has revealed that the football house is currently in talks with Super Eagles head coach Jose Peseiro over a new contract.

Peseiro’s contract with the NFF ended at the end of June.

The Portuguese have been reportedly offered a pay cut to remain in charge of the three-time African champions.

Eguavoen stated that the 63-year-old remains in charge of the three-time African champions despite the expiration of his contract.

“At the moment he is in charge, we are discussing in-house and we are giving him conditions as well,” Eguavoen told reporters at the end of FIFA Instructor’s Course held in Abuja.

“We are flexible, so it could be suitable for both sides and once we reach a common ground, why not?

“We would invite him and once we agree and we arrive at a common ground, we would be flexible and we also want him to be flexible with us.”

“Contract or no contract, he is a human being and he is still the coach of the national team as it is.”

Peseiro is expected to be in the dugout when the Super Eagles take on Sao Tome and Principe in their dead rubber 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier in September.

Meanwhile, the Super Eagles have been drawn in Group C alongside South Africa, Benin Republic, Rwanda, Lesotho and Zimbabwe for the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.

The African qualification draw for the 2026 World Cup to be co-hosted in USA, Mexico and Canada, was held in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire on Thursday, July 13, 2023.

It will be a reunion between the Super Eagles players and former coach Gernot Rohr who is the current handler of Benin Republic.

The German coach led the Eagles to qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, where they crashed out in the group stage.

The last time the three-time AFCON faced South Africa in the World Cup qualifiers was the race to the 1994 edition.

Both teams clashed in the first round with the Eagles triumphing 4-0 in Lagos before holding South Africa to a goalless draw in Johannesburg.

Also, the Eagles faced Zimbabwe and Rwanda in the same qualifying group for the Germany 2026 World Cup.

The Eagles failed to qualify for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar after losing to Ghana on goals difference (0-0 in Kumasi and 1-1 in Abuja).