Tag: 2021 AFCON

The Nigeria Football Federation is considering the possibility of appointing Augustine Eguavoen as permanent Super Eagles coach. Eguavoen was named to the post last month in an interim capacity after the NFF fired former coach Gernot Rohr on the eve of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations. The NFF later appointed Portuguese Jose Peseiro as the new head coach of the three-time African champions. Peseiro is expected to take charge of the team after the AFCON finals in Cameroon. Read Also: What I Told Super Eagles Before First AFCON Game -Eguavoen Eguavoen put himself in the frame for the job after guiding the Super Eagles to three successive wins in Cameroon. “He is not in Cameroon because we have not signed a contract with him yet,” a member of the NFF executive council who does...

Leicester City duo Kelechi Iheanacho and Wilfred Ndidi, William Troost-Ekong, Kenneth Omeruo, Alex Iwobi are among nine players who have arrived at the Super Eagles Abuja camp for the 2021 AFCON. Also currently in camp are the quartet of Ola Aina, Frank Onyeka, Semi Ajayi and Kelechi Nwakali. The current arrivals means 23 players are now in camp ahead of the continental showpiece in Cameroon. Meanwhile, five players are still being expected to join the rest of the squad. Read Also: AFCON: ‘Osimhen Told Me He’s Not 100% Fit To Play’ – Eguavoen The players are Odion Ighalo, Jamilu Collins, Tyrone Ebuehi, Joseph Aribo and Samuel Chukwueze. And according to the team’s media officer Babafemi Raji, hopefully the five players will be in camp today. Super Eagles players cu...

Tag: 2021 AFCON

NFF Considers Appointing Eguavoen Permanent Super Eagles Coach

AFCON: Ndidi, Iwobi, Troost-Ekong, Iheanacho Five Others Arrive, 23 Players Now In Camp