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Super Eagles job: Why NFF settled for Finidi – Ikpeba

Member of the Nigeria Football Federation technical committee Victor Ikpeba has disclosed the rationale behind the football company’s choice to hire Finidi George as head coach of the Super Eagles.

The NFF verified Finidi’s appointment on Monday.

Ikpeba, Finidi’s teammate during their Super Eagles playing days, claimed that the NFF chose Finidi due to budgetary limitations.

“Firstly, I want to congratulate Finidi George on his appointment as the Super Eagles coach. However, it was a difficult task because we (technical committee) initially wanted a foreign manager,” Ikpeba said on Supersports Monday Night Football.

“However, we settled for Finidi because of the finance. It’s not like we don’t have confidence in our own coaches back home. We thought there should be continuity in the way Peseiro took the team to the final of the 2023 AFCON. So, eventually, we were guided by the NFF President to look inward.”

Nigeria’s 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifying match against South Africa’s Bafana Bafana is scheduled for June and will mark Finidi’s first official game.

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