Officials of the Nigeria Football Federation are about to appoint a new coach for the Super Eagles.
Following Finidi George’s resignation as the head coach of the national team, the NFF has launched a search for a replacement.
The football house announced that an expatriate would be employed to lead the team forward after the ‘experiment’ with Finidi, who left the job.
Blueprint reports that former Gambian national team head coach Tom Saintfiet has been in negotiations for the plum job.
It was gathered that members of the NFF technical committee grilled the 51-year-old Belgian in a virtual interview.
Saintfiet is currently in charge of the Philippines national football team after he was appointed in February 2024.
In 2012, he was on the verge of getting the Super Eagles job, but the sports ministry later overruled this engagement. Last year, the tactician said: “It was always my dream and it is always my dream to work with the Super Eagles.
“For me, they are probably the strongest football nation in Africa with so much quality in the local league and in Europe.
Saintfiet has a wealth of experience with football on the African continent, having worked with Namibia, Zimbabwe, Ethiopia, and a few other clubs at the club level.
