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  • Nigeria’s coach “confused” after Umar Sadiq’s inclusion in club’s lineup after being ruled out of AFCON

    Nigeria’s coach “confused” after Umar Sadiq’s inclusion in club’s lineup after being ruled out of AFCON

    Nigeria’s coach, José Peseiro, has expressed his bewilderment over the eligibility of Umar Sadiq to play for Spanish team Real Sociedad, considering the forward’s injury that ruled him out of the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON).

    Despite being sidelined due to injury, the 26-year-old Sadiq was named in Sociedad’s squad for the Copa del Rey game against Osasuna on Wednesday, leading Peseiro to express confusion about the player’s ability to participate for his club while being unavailable for the national team at AFCON.


    “I’m also confused,” Peseiro said when asked about Sadiq on Wednesday. “What I can say, I saw the report from the medical test that he’s injured and that he cannot recover in 15 days, at least, or more time… The report went to the club, and the club said he must come (back) to recover.”


    Peseiro said Sadiq wanted to stay with the Nigeria squad but that he and his coaching staff decided to replace him before Jan. 3, the final day to submit the squad lists for the tournament.


    “I am happy that he recovered well. I am sad that he’s not here to help us,” Peseiro said.


    The pressure is mounting on Peseiro’s Super Eagles as they face host nation Ivory Coast on Thursday, following a disappointing 1-1 draw with Equatorial Guinea in their opening game. In contrast, Ivory Coast began their campaign with a solid 2-0 victory over Guinea-Bissau.

    The Portuguese coach, Peseiro, has come under criticism in the aftermath of Nigeria’s draw. Furthermore, his team has been susceptible defensively, conceding at least one goal in each of their last six games, including a 2-0 loss to Guinea in a pre-tournament warm-up match.

    Star forward Victor Osimhen found the net but also missed several golden opportunities in Nigeria’s tournament opener, a match they dominated without securing a victory. Despite having 19 shots at goal compared to Equatorial Guinea’s seven, the Super Eagles failed to capitalise on their chances, intensifying the scrutiny on Peseiro and his team.


    “If you create the same opportunities, you’re going to score,” Peseiro said Wednesday. “Like I said the last time, Sometimes, the god gives, sometimes the god takes. It’s the right time for God to give (to) us.”

  • Osimhen breaks silence about Jose Peseiro’s future as Super Eagles coach

    Osimhen breaks silence about Jose Peseiro’s future as Super Eagles coach


    Napoli striker, Victor Osimhen, has expressed his full support for Jose Peseiro, stating that he believes the former Venezuela coach is the ideal candidate to lead the Super Eagles in the upcoming 2023 African Cup of Nations.

    The Nigerian Football Federation officials are still deliberating on Peseiro’s future as the coach of the three-time African champions, as his contract expired at the end of June.

    When did NFF hire Peseiro?

    Peseiro’s journey as the Super Eagles boss started after the team failed to qualify for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, losing the playoffs against Ghana.

    “The coach is tactically sound and he is in control of the Super Eagles squad, which is very, very important.

    “He knows what he wants.”

    Osimhen meets billionaire Tony Elumelu

    Earlier, Sports Brief reported how Victor Osimhen was spotted with billionaire, Tony Elumelu as both shared exciting moments somewhere in Lagos.

    Following a remarkable season with Napoli, having netted 26 league goals to help the Partenopei to the Serie A title for the first time in over three decades, Osimhen returned home for vacation.

    He was spotted at his former hood, Olusosun, where he reunited with his old pals in that community around the Ojota area.

    The striker also visited the Olusosun Primary School as well as the Oregun Secondary School, which he attended before hitting it big in football.

  • Jose Peseiro: Nigeria coach’s salary goes unpaid since taking charge

    Jose Peseiro, the coach of Nigeria’s national football team, has not received a single pay cheque from his employers, six months after being appointed to lead the Super Eagles.

    The 62-year-old, who took charge of the team in May, has however yet to make an official complaint to Nigeria’s Football Federation (NFF) about the non-payment of his salary.

    In response, the financially stricken NFF, which receives its funding from the country’s government, says it has come up with a plan on how to settle the arrears.

    The NFF already owes money to the Portuguese’s predecessor, Gernot Rohr, and to players from its national teams.

    “We’ve heard from Mr Peseiro’s representatives that he only received his allowances and bonuses, which is very disturbing,” a prominent NFF official told BBC Sport Africa on Tuesday.

    “His salary is being paid by the Sports Ministry but we’ve quickly made an alternative arrangement, in conjunction with the Ministry, to sort the salary payments this week.”

    Nigeria’s sports ministry, which took on the responsibility to pay Peseiro, has blamed the delay on processes for receiving funds from the federal government. A special adviser to sports minister Sunday Dare says the coach will be paid “very soon”.

    “The issue of Peseiro’s payment will be resolved soon with the understanding of the federation and the coach,” Toyin Ibitoye told the BBC.

    “Everything is being worked on and we are quite confident that very soon it will be sorted.”

    Since missing out on a place at the 2022 World Cup in Africa’s play-offs in March, Nigeria have won their only two competitive games under Peseiro, who previously led Saudi Arabia and Venezuela.

    The Super Eagles beat Sierra Leone 2-1 and thrashed Sao Tome e Principe 10-0 to ensure a perfect start in qualifying as they seek a spot at the next Africa Cup of Nations Cup in Ivory Coast, scheduled to be held in early 2024.

    • Payment issues persist in Nigeria

    Former Nigeria coach Gernot Rohr

    In May a Fifa tribunal ordered the NFF to pay former coach Gernot Rohr about $380,000

    It is not the first time coaches have been caught in the web of unpaid salaries in Nigeria.

    The list of coaches who have had to go without pay for a while is lengthy, including Christian Chukwu, Augustine Eguavoen, Samson Siasia, Sunday Oliseh, Florence Omagbemi and the late Shaibu Amodu and Stephen Keshi.

    The NFF is still indebted to Peseiro’s predecessor Rohr as the football authority continues to pay off the Franco-German and also owes outstanding bonuses to players from both the men and women’s senior national teams.

    Super Eagles players are unhappy over unpaid bonuses and allowances dating back to 2021, while the Super Falcons are still waiting for the NFF and Sports Ministry to settle outstanding debts from the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (Wafcon) and other training camps.

    In July, the women’s squad boycotted training before their Wafcon third-place play-off against Zambia over the non-payment of both bonuses and allowances.

    There are strong suggestions of discontent about the arrears within the squad, who recently engaged on 2023 Women’s World Cup preparatory tours of both Japan and the United States.

    “We actually believe the ministry has paid the NFF our Wafcon money but they just refused to make this payment to us,” one of the Super Falcons squad told the BBC.

    “Imagine playing two games against the United States and another one in Japan without getting paid a dime. This is very sad.”

    Government officials have also acknowledged the debts to the nine-time African champions and the Super Eagles, as well as Peseiro, but say all parties must be patient.

    “The process of sorting the payment for the Super Falcons has since been approved and it is with the ministry of finance,” added Ibitoye.

    Source: BBC Africa via Football Ghana