The Super Eagles of Nigeria is still without a substantive coach since Finidi’s resignation; and coach Pitso Mosimane has hinted contract talks with West African national teams; npflupdates.com reports.
The Super Eagles will play Libya next month in an Africa Cup Of Nations (AFCON) qualifier. And coach Augustine Eguavoen is expected to steady the ship until a substantive coach is appointed.
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Speaking in a recent interview, coach Pitso Mosimane who is unattached revealed two West African nations have sought his services.
According to the former Al Ahly gaffer, he’d accept a national team job; as he intends to go to the world cup.
However, interference by a Sports ministry into the affairs of a football federation is posing a stumbling block to a West African move.
“The World Cup I’ve done with a country was once,” Mosimane told SABC Sport and was quoted by Goal.com.
“So maybe with the national team, I must say that interests me more [than with a club]. And also national team, doesn’t mean [just] anyone. A National team that you think you can go to the semi-final.
“And when you go to the semi-final, go to the final and when you’re in the final, you might as well win it,” added the former Bafana Bafana coach.
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Speaking on a recent contact by some national teams, he said; “We had calls with even West African countries, two! And ones I said, ‘yeah, these are the ones’. But things are done differently in those spaces.
“You asked yourself what happened, there’s a space, the call comes back… It’s not easy to [understand], when there is space for the ministry and also space for the football federation.
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“There are always clashes somewhere there, the ministry because they pay for the coach, they want this coach, the football federation want that coach. Hopefully, we’ll get one that goes together.”
