Interim Tremendous Eagles coach Augustine Eguavoen has emphasised the necessity for the Nigeria Soccer Federation (NFF) to rapidly appoint a everlasting coach forward of the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.
Eguavoen, who has been main the staff because the final Africa Cup of Nations, guided the Tremendous Eagles to qualify for the 2025 AFCON in Morocco. Nevertheless, with World Cup qualifiers set to start in March 2025, he believes it’s pressing for the NFF to resolve the uncertainty across the staff’s management.
“March is simply across the nook,” Eguavoen advised Kennis FM. “If we have now to do one thing (in regards to the staff), we have to do it fast. The sooner a substantive coach is discovered, the higher.”
Whereas Eguavoen stays open to persevering with as head coach, he admitted he’s uncertain about taking over the function completely. “If I’m known as upon to handle the Tremendous Eagles for the 2026 WCQ, I don’t know what I’ll say,” he said.
The Tremendous Eagles are beneath strain to enhance their kind, having gone 4 matches and not using a win. They presently path Rwanda, Benin, and South Africa of their World Cup qualifying group, including urgency to the NFF’s resolution.
Eguavoen pressured that whoever is appointed should settle rapidly and collaborate with the staff to arrange successfully for the qualifiers. “We have to communicate, tweak issues, alternate concepts, and speak about the way in which ahead,” he added.
The NFF is but to announce a everlasting resolution on the staff’s teaching scenario.
