By Ola Kay
“I can tell you authoritatively that we have completed agreement with the German tactician to be next Super Eagles Coach…”-senior official
A report has said that the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, just completed agreement to sign Bruno Labbadia, a German, as Super Eagles Coach.
BSN Sports quoted an unnamed senior official of the NFF as saying that, “Nigerians are yearning for a coach with pedigree that can turn things around for the Super Eagles and that’s why we go for this great coach.”
The official who spoke on the much anticipated decision added that: “As we speak, I can tell you authoritatively that we have completed agreement with the German tactician to be next Super Eagles Coach.
The German coach, Bruno Labbadia, was born on 8 February 1966, was a football manager who once played as a striker.
Labbadia won the DFB-Pokal in 1989-90 with 1. FC Kaiserslautern and the Bundesliga in 1993-94 with FC Bayern Munich. He was also capped twice for the German team.
He started managerial career with Darmstadt 98 from 2000 to 2003. He last managed VfB Stuttgart in 2022/23 season .
Nigeria’s Super Eagles will face Benin Republic on 7th September and three days later will trade tackles with Rwanda in the 2025 African Nations Cup qualifier.The two matches are expected to have the input of the new coach.
Reactions;
As the latest news broke in the series of similar information before now, Nigerians have started reacting, hoping that the latest announcement is true and final.
A football enthusiast who preferred to be anonymous stated that if the new appointment has come to stay, the NFF should be commended for making a choice.
A man simply identified as Dumez said that, “After the qualifying series or at most a major competition Nigeria football federation will go out searching for another world class coach till the eve of a qualifier or eve of a major tournament.”
Others who reacted were unanimous in their skepticism that if the news had been official yet, it should have come directly from the football house.
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